Category: Guarding Our Mind

1 Peter 1:13 (NKJV) 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Peter tells us to “gird up the loins of your mind”.

Take note of what he tells us to gird up the loins of; our minds.

Let’s break this down a bit and see what it really means to us.

What does it mean to “gird up our loins”?

In the days that this was written, men wore gowns and robes. The problem with these was that if someone needed to move quickly, or have the ability to be agile, their clothing would impede them in, making it extremely difficult to move quickly or freely.

As a means of overcoming this obstacle, they would use a belt or band to pull in, or gather, all of the excess, loose material and hold it in place. This would give them the ability to do whatever it was that they needed to do, without fear of being tripped up by their garments.

But here Peter is telling us to gird up the loins of our minds. There is some symbolism here that we need to look at.

First, our minds are not tangible, so how can we “gird them”?

Metaphorically, we are to gather up the loose ends, or the wanderings of our minds that might cause us to stumble in our walk with God. We need to push aside the ways of the world and its influences, focusing instead on God’s grace and what He has for us.

Second, “loins” is a figure of speech used to indicate the area of our anatomy that reproduces offspring; the part of us that conceives and gives birth.

So, in light of this, the loins of our minds would be the part that conceives, or gives birth to, ideas, schemes, plans, etc.

We need to make sure we allow the Holy Spirit to protect the loins of our minds, so as not to allow it to give birth to corruption, lust, hatred, malice and other kinds of evil thinking.

1 Peter 2:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

So, let’s be sure to gird up the loins of our minds, being diligent in our walk with God, to live in a way that brings honor and glory to Him in everything we say and do.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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