Resolve is the settled determination of the will to a righteous course, once the question has been decided. Daniel "resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's delicacies" (Daniel 1:8). Joshua resolved: "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD" (Joshua 24:15). Ruth resolved: "Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you" (Ruth 1:16). Paul "resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). Resolve is not the absence of temptation or difficulty; it is the prior commitment that decides in advance what will be done when temptation comes. A man without resolve is tossed by every wind of circumstance; a resolved man has already said no to what he will never do, and yes to what he will never abandon.
RESOLVE, n. Fixed purpose of mind; settled determination; firmness of purpose.
RESOLVE, n. 1. Fixed purpose of mind; settled determination; resolution. He formed a resolve to abandon the course. 2. That which is determined or resolved on. 3. Legal or formal determination; a resolution expressed in formal vote or statute.
Daniel 1:8 — "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies."
Joshua 24:15 — "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
Ruth 1:16 — "Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you."
1 Corinthians 2:2 — "For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified."