Stay Committed to Your Commitment

“For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
— 1 Corinthians 6:20

Stay committed to your abstinence journey.

When I first met my husband, abstaining from sex was not something he was thinking about. But I had already made a promise to God, and I was determined to honor that promise whether he stuck around or not.

My commitment to God had to be greater than my desire for a relationship. I knew that if I compromised my convictions just to keep someone in my life, I would be placing that person above the obedience I owed to God.

So I stayed committed.

I continued honoring the promise I had made to the Lord, trusting that obedience to Him would always be worth it—even if it meant walking away from a relationship.

What I discovered was something beautiful. A man who truly loves Jesus will respect a woman who is committed to honoring God. I’m grateful that my husband loved Christ enough, and respected me enough, to WAIT for sex.

Staying committed to abstinence may not always feel easy, especially in a world that constantly tells us to follow our desires. But God’s design for sex was never meant to be casual. It was created to be experienced within the safety, commitment, and covenant of marriage.

If you have made the decision to WAIT, stay committed.

Honor God with your body.

Trust that obedience to Him is never wasted.

There is a man or woman out there who will see your commitment to God and recognize that you are worth the WAIT.