Be Careful

Deuteronomy 16: 12

... And you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

Proverbs 1: 7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

O my Father, You are the Source and Fountainhead of all Truth, all true knowledge, in every category. 

Only a right relationship with You can open our minds and hearts to receive and accept Your Truth. 

Even when You grant us Your knowledge and an understanding of Your ways, we still need to "be careful" in order to actually live, doing what You have told us. 

We never just fall into doing what is right, we always need to pay attention to what we're doing, what we're saying, and how we're allowing our thought processes to flow.

We constantly need Your Spirit, Father, to fill us and direct our steps, so that we will be able to stay straight on that path You have set our feet upon, not turning to the right-hand nor to the left. 

Help me, Father, to walk with You, my Lord and my Guide, not wandering off or pulling away. Hold my hand tightly, that I not be drawn away by the crowds of the World pressing in. 

And may You receive all the credit, all the glory, for what Your are doing in and through me, throughout all the World, and into Your glorious Kingdom.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!