"A Prepared Heart"

"I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons." (Psalms 16:7) To truly know what it means to wait upon the Lord, we must have a heart that is prepared to receive His instruction and deliverance. Some of the greatest deliveries that God demonstrates in His word, the people had their hearts prepared for what was going to happen; usually their hearts were prepared by being humbled, but sometimes it was by being awakened to God's holiness and power; and then sometimes it was both. In the case of the greatest delivery of all, which was the delivery of our souls from damnation and separation from God, Jesus was well prepared for what He was going to do. Understand what it was that drove Him to the cross, because it involved great humility to give Himself as a sheep to the slaughter; but the love that He had for the Father was greater than we can imagine, for He and the Father were one. This might be hard for some to comprehend, and it surely was for those in His day; but the main reason that Jesus had a heart prepared for what He was doing, is because He and the Father had the same heart. As David wrote this Psalm, he more than likely was seeing a vision of Jesus Christ, or at the very least, he was seeing the awesome power of God to preserve his soul. Nonetheless; all Scripture is inspired by God, and He has given it for us to understand His great love for us; but in order to truly understand His great love for us, we must humble ourselves, and be awakened to His holiness and power. To the point of what I believe David is saying in this verse above; it is that he knows the counsel of God, and that because he knows God's counsel, his heart instructs him to wait upon God's delivery and direction; even in those times of adversity and despair. We can see this also portrayed in the night that Jesus was being tried, and as Pilate had offered His release. Being that this took place during the night, might mean nothing at all; but nonetheless, Jesus had a heart that was prepared to do what the Father had sent Him to do, no matter how much it hurt, or the chances given to retreat from it; He had a prepared heart...