...they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God." --Daniel 3:95
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego yielded their bodies to a furnace rather than commit idolatry and worship a false god. But how many of us today are willing to do so?
In our culture today, that false god is sex. It is worshipped through lust, the desecration of the marriage bed, pornography, prostitution, promiscuity... it is everywhere! We must be willing to yield our bodies to the fire of the Holy Spirit that we might be cleansed. We must yield our bodies--and by our bodies our very selves!--to purity, chastity, and therefore worship Him who created us. We must trust that He will send His angels to bring us through the trials, and that it is possible to acheive this purity through His grace and power! Through chastity, the sexual union of marriage becomes a means by which we glorify Him, and celebrate His plan for union with us in Heaven. We celebrate His gift of His Son, our bridegroom, who has suffered, died, and risen that we might become His spotless bride.
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