Birth In Zion's Inner City
Psalms 87:1-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 87 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 87:1-7 presents Zion as the holy foundation and the beloved city of God, where births and beginnings are registered in the inner life. It speaks of praise, lineage, and the springs of life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your foundation is not a place you reach, but a state you assume. Psalm 87:1-7 invites you to hear the mountains as the inner hills of consciousness where God dwells. Zion becomes your current atmosphere of gladness, the gates that welcome your authentic self, more cherished than any outward dwelling. When the psalm mentions Rahab and Babylon, see them as past imprisonments of fear and separation within your mind, now counted as stories you know and outgrow. Behold Philistia and Tyre, Ethiopia—outer shifts that your inner vision can claim as born from you; you are not touching them, you are choosing the inner birthplace. The declaration that this and that man was born in Zion is your entrance: you awaken to the truth that your I AM consciousness has authored every appearing; the Highest Himself will establish you as an ongoing presence. The line 'my springs are in thee' invites you to feel living waters welling up from your being, joining singers and players into one harmonious life.
Practice This Now
Imagine for a few minutes that you were born in Zion today. Close your eyes, feel the holy mountains beneath your feet, and declare, 'I am born here; all my springs are in thee.'
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