Dwelling in the Inner Court

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines teach us that the 'courts of the LORD' are not distant places but states of consciousness. The soul's longing is the I AM stirring toward its own living presence. When the verse speaks of the sparrow finding a nest at the altar, it is showing you that within consciousness there is shelter and order wherever reverence is maintained. The 'altars' are the pivots of attention—the points in you where you reaffirm that God is here now. To dwell in thy house is to remain in that recognizant state, where you are still praising, still present to the action of God in you. Selah invites a pause, a letting be, while the truth sinks in. The practical upshot: by imagining you already live in the inner court, by feeling the steady trust and gratitude, you convert desire into realization. The living God becomes the I within you, a King who governs your experience. So your day becomes an uninterrupted hymn, not by changing the world, but by changing your point of view until the world reflects your inner note.