Inner Praise, World Joy

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'people' and the 'nations' are not distant crowds but your own states of consciousness. To praise God is to acknowledge your I AM, the living awareness that animates every thought and feeling. When you allow the whole inner you to praise, you are not singing to a distant deity; you are aligning with the act of praise within, a steady assumption that you are blessed, guided, and sufficient. The line 'let the nations be glad' becomes your inner acceptance of joy spreading through every aspect of life, as you assume the right judgment and wise governance of conditions. The 'Selah' is the pause of trust, the moment you stand in the certainty that your inner governor, your righteous I, is already applying correct choice. In this sense, the kingdom of God is not coming—it is being formed by your inner state, your felt reality that governs outward events. So your task is not to beg for change, but to maintain the feeling that you are the praise and the sovereignty from which all life proceeds.