Why not a little compromise?

Last night I sat on a panel for "The Differents", a Youth and Young Adults night. Basically, the panel topic was dating and sex. As I sat there, I was sandwiched between two amazingly smart people who could have probably been the whole panel. One was a godly woman who is a MFT. The other is a pastor that amazes me with his God-given wisdom. Whenever I am apart of such events I recognized that God has or had put me in the situation for a reason. So last night and this morning I mulled over and over in my head...why?

As I thought and asked God why I started to hear a voice. This voice spoke about compromise. The voice gave a story that broke my heart. A girl who made the decision not to have sex until she was married and while in college, she met a man who was somewhat but not really the man of her dreams. They were going to get married so why not compromise? Four year into their relationship and several months before they were to marry, he called her and confessed he was gay and that he had affairs. As I listened, I realized that voice was mine.

In my life, I compromised a lot. I compromised my values and tried to harden and coarsen my heart to a degree that would allow me to feel comfortable about all my compromises. You see, God had called me to a higher standard, just like He calls you. But I wanted to ignore it. I wanted to be like the world. Strong girls do this...or strong girls do that.

"But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:14 Only a few. Isn't that sad. Read whats before it. "....Broad is the gate and wide is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." Matthew 7:13

Purity is one way as a single person that we can enter the narrow gate. God says "Enter the narrow gate."
The world has a different plan for this. TV shows that say it is okay to compromise yourself sexually.
Worse is that the more you compromise, the more numb you become to what God wants for you.
As I look back, I see God has created ashes for beauty. He has allowed me to share my past to show how the tape plays forward. All those hurts, all the pain can be recycled and used "for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose".

So, when asked to just compromise a little today, lie a little today, steal a little today, gossip a little today...be reminded that the path and the gate are narrow. Will you fit?