Daniel 1:8
But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself by….(eating the wrong things).

How would you finish that sentence? Are there habits sticking to you that you feel are “defiling” you? Looks like it begins (again!) as a heart issue. In our will, maybe.
In Isaiah, he says, “Therefore I have set my face like flint.” I think he was talking about Jesus going to the cross, but that’s the same attitude we can have towards those things that would defile us. Nothing will turn me back. My face is set like flint, and my heart is determined.

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