Rules Of A Godly Life: Part 1: Rule 5

"In everything you do, ponder well before you start what the outcome may be.  Think, would you be willing to be found doing what you plan to do should you be called that hour by death, to appear before God?  Never allow yourself to become involved in anything which destroys our hope and assurance of salvation.  Live each day as if it were your last."

It is good to meditate on our actions and what their outcomes may be and to consider if our actions are in line with the commandments and statutes of God.  The words that Christ spoke to Joshua in the days following the passing of Moses are so full of love and compassion in directing us to do just this.

Joshua 1:7-9 KJV

7.  Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:  Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
 8.  this book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therin day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:  for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9.  Have not I commanded thee?  Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:  for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.