In our previous meditation, we noted that David showed his zeal towards God by the pledges he made. David’s pledges came broadly under two categories. Firstly, he stated what he would do, some of which were discussed yesterday. The second category were the things he pledged never to do. Some of the “I will not” pledges of David are worth mentioning too. In Psalm 119:16, he declared, “I will not forget your word.” Psalm 132:3-4 covers his pledge concerning making a habitation for the God of Israel. He purposed not to give sleep to his eyes until that goal was met. Finally, he said: “I will set nothing wicked before my eyes….”Psalms 101:3 NKJV. This last pledge is about moral excellence, and it resonated with what Job pledged earlier. Job said, “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.” Job 31:1 NLT

David’s pledges came broadly under two categories…what he would do…the things he pledged never to do…In a world where the moral compass is increasingly being broken, more people need to make similar choices.

In a world where the moral compass is increasingly being broken, more people need to make similar choices. In our text, Apostle Paul listed certain things that should be out of bounds to believers. First on the list is fornication. It is safe to conclude that the next on the list, uncleanness, stands for other forms of sexual perversion that may not strictly fall under fornication. A clear reason why the Bible warns us to avoid sexual perversions is because we are God’s temple. Jesus was once enraged when they turned the temple to a house of merchandise and den of robbers. He made a whip and flushed out those guilty of that sacrilege. Well, that was just for physical building. If so much care was taken to protect the physical building, He will do much more to care for spiritual temples.