Psalm 16

" I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken." verse 7-8

It scares me to think of my heart as a teacher or educator. Most of the time my heart plays the role of the hedonist, or the indulger. It longs for toys, riches, companionship; and with some inflammation, it craves for these things. The heart is often deceitful. The bible tells us that we may think that we may find purity in our own ways, but only God knows the depths of our hearts.

So how can this unstable engine instruct us? Earlier in the Psalm we see

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, i have a beautiful inheritance. "

So choosing God provides a filling of the cup, a satisfaction of good things. All longings all desires, filled, and satisfied and innundated by God's truth and his physical provision in this world. As a sidenote, it would be interesting to consider the following christ as a weaning away from the world to weaning towards christ. As our heart is filled, my suspicion is that it will testify even to ourselves of what the LORD has provided for us.

Notice, it happens at night, at the end of the day.