Dwelling in the Inner Courts

Psalms 84:1-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Psalms 84 in context

Scripture Focus

1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms 84:1-12

Biblical Context

Psalm 84 expresses longing to dwell in God's presence and describes the sanctuary as the true home of the soul. It promises strength, trust, and grace to those who inhabit it.

Neville's Inner Vision

The Psalmist’s cry is the cry of consciousness: longing for the living God is the urge of your awareness to live from a higher state. In Neville’s language, the tabernacles are states of consciousness you enter by assumption; the courts are the realm of your steady attention. The sparrow and swallow finding niches illustrate that you can establish sanctuary wherever your focus rests, provided the altar is set within. To dwell there is to align with the I AM that you are, not to chase conditions. When you pass through the valley of Baca, convert dryness into wells by imagining abundance; let rain fill the pools of your awareness. You move from strength to strength as Zion—your inner standard—appears within. The sun and shield are your own radiance and protection, inherited as you walk in that consciousness. Grace and glory follow the upright, because you have chosen the inner sanctuary as your reality. Trust becomes daily practice: recognize that the fulfilled state is already present in your awareness and gently inhabit it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I am dwelling in the courts of the living God.' Feel that presence saturating your chest and carry the state with you into the next moment.

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