1 Kings 9

1Ki 9:6
"But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

"If you at all turn from following Me,..."

Just a little turn, does it matter?

It does.

Not because God is being rigid. He had already told us the road is narrow, the door is narrow. One small little slight turn can cause you to miss the right road, and miss the door. Can you risk it? God is being merciful, by warning us beforehand.

Pro 4:25-27
Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
Ponder the path of your feet,
And let all your ways be established.
Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.

Set your eyes on the path straight ahead. The heavenward path. The only one path, that Jesus Himself had tread before us. Do not turn away from following Him on this path. Yield to the Holy Spirit's calling and you shall have the strength to walk in it.

Isa 30:21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
"This is the way, walk in it,"
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.