GEN1523 We all know that when we prepare to meet our kings, high officials, or distinguished contemporaries we adorn ourselves with the finest clothes we can afford, since they will observe our outward appearance.  As it says, “For it is improper to enter the king’s gate wearing sackcloth” Esther 4:2; [this verse]. Similarly, we should adorn ourselves before God with His service, outwardly and inwardly, since He observes us [on both levels] equally and continually.  Imagine that our rulers could see into our innermost thoughts, just as they observe our external physical appearance.  We would not delay adorning our inner lives in accordance with their expectations of us. DUTIES 699-700.