The WAFKOSH command

• Deuteronomy 13:4 (ASV)

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"You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him."

* Walk After - partly in a practical sense (God was still leading by cloud and fire), but also reminiscent of "keep with step with the Spirit", Galatians 5. Note: walk, not run.
* Fear - attitude of the heart: does God have my complete, dead serious attention?
* Keep Commandments - God has spoken through his word. Am I listening, believing, and obeying?
* Obey Voice - Additionally (and secondarily), am I obeying his voice, e.g. his nudgings throughout the day, his rebukes through others, his leadings through circumstances?
* Serve - Is my life about him or about myself?
* Hold Fast - Am I persevering by clinging to God and his word?

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