The Inner Petition Psalm 84:8-9

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's sense, the LORD God of hosts is the I AM—the steady center of awareness that becomes form when I maintain a state of being. When it pleads 'hear my prayer' and 'give ear,' it is a reminder that attention is a magnetic act; I fix my entire being on the state I desire until the I AM recognizes it. 'Behold, O God our shield' becomes the realization that protection is an inner condition, not an external circumstance; I am shielded by the integrity of my own awareness. 'Look upon the face of thine anointed' invites me to see my own divine self—my present, crowned identity, the anointed within. Dwelling in this awareness rearranges life’s appearances to reflect it: petitions fade into memory because the state is already true. There is no waiting, only a shift in consciousness from lack to realization. The anointed face is not future glory but the present fact of my true being, ordering every moment into harmony with that truth.