Inner Altar of Psalms 84:3
Psalms 84:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 84 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 84:3 speaks of a sparrow finding a house near God’s altars, signaling that divine refuge and sacred space are accessible to humble, dwelling hearts. In Neville's view, this house is the inner sanctuary where consciousness resides and where presence is felt.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the sparrow who finds a house and the swallow a nest, not in geography but in the mood of your own awareness. The altar is not a stone slab but a state of consciousness—the I AM you are now aware of. When you acknowledge the altar within, you invite the same refuge the sparrow discovered in the field of mind. The outer temple is but a symbol for the inner temple; the birds’ choice reveals that God’s dwelling is a function of attention, not distance. Each moment you imagine, feel, and persist in the consciousness that you are already loved and attended by Presence, you plant a nest in the heart. The cry my King, and my God becomes the sovereign tone of your inner weather, dissolving fear and lack. Your world shifts to reflect the inner state, and the so-called outer altar becomes the background hum of awareness.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling that you already reside at the altar within. Repeat to yourself I AM here I am home in Presence, and let that feeling settle until the outer world reflects it.
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