For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me. I was upright before Him and blameless with Him, ever on guard to keep myself free from my sin and guilt. (Psalm 18:21-23 AMPC)
May we always be on guard against drifting away from the truth.
It is human nature to try to cut corners, to relax standards, to not be as careful as we once were. But we need to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit that is calling us to blamelessness—being increasingly attentive to the standards shown us in God’s Word and in the example of the life of Jesus.
Part of being “ever on guard” is to continually raise our standards. Being challenged to meet a higher standard will keep us from the complacency that can lead to us slipping away.
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Craig T. Owens 