First let us define defile: to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
Daniel 1:8
8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Daniel was a man of God. He wanted to stay pure before God. That should be the desire of us all who are children of the Lord. For the Christian it is pretty easy to define what will defile us before God....sin! Thankfully if we have received the shed blood of Jesus Christ for our sins we are pure before God. One of the problems with Christians today is not knowing what God's Word calls sin, I guess a better way to put it would be ignorance of God's Word. My brothers and sisters there are so many things God"s Word warns us about that we either choose to ignore or don't know the Word tells us is sin. For example turning our backs on the poor, pride, hoarding money, putting material things before God, and putting God somewhere else than #1 on our priority list to name a few. When we do these and other sins we defile ourselves before God and must confess our sin to Him.
I pray for all of us this morning that out hearts and minds will be in the same spirit as Daniel and choose not to defile ourselves before the almighty God. Make sure our noses are in the Word so we know what defiles us!
Tom
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