1 Peter 1:13-15 -- On Girding Up the Loins of Our Minds

"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;"
1 Peter 1:13-15

Tunic
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This is interesting. Girding your loins was something that you would do when you were wearing a long tunic and preparing to do some heavy work or go into battle. There is an illustration HERE of how to do it physically. It's a phrase that basically means "get ready to do some hard work."

When it says here to "gird up the loins of your mind," I think it is telling us something similar... get ready to do some difficult mental work. Watching our conversation isn't easy, but God is still asking us to take the time to train ourselves and avoid mental lusts as well as physical lusts, and to be holy in our words as well as our deeds.

Today, let's gird up the loins of our minds, getting rid of things that could tangle us up, and be willing to make the heavy mental effort that God asks.