Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and
having on the breastplate of righteousness.
Stand ready, be prepared. Having our loins. Loins. What are the loins? And how do we gird them? Physically, the areas of the body from the waist to the hips externally, and the areas of reproduction internally. Spiritually, the mind is referred to as loins.
When we gird our loins in this way, we are protecting our abilities and possibilities. A strong waist to hip stance makes it possible for us to stand without aids, makes it possible for us to bend but not break, makes it possible for us to walk upright. When we gird our loins internally, we are protecting our ability to procreate, to have children.
Yet, here again, we are addressing the spiritual armor which God has prepared for us to apply to our spiritual loins: our seat of spiritual integrity - our minds: how we think, how our minds are to work. 1 Peter 1:13 addresses this as such, "Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober-minded (vigilant), and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." Our thoughts need to be brought into readiness for action, as well as our waist-to-hips.
Truth is gird about our loins. The Truth of God's Word is wrapped around our physical loins and our spiritual loins. We don't just memorize Scripture, we live It. While some may tattoo Scriptures on their loin areas to remind themselves, this is not what that means. It is the way we live The Scriptures, The Word of God, that strengthens us and makes us ready to fight in spiritual warfare.
Not many Christians are able to successfully win in a spiritual battle. Battles take time, energy, perseverance, and a continual pushing back against an age-old enemy who wants our souls, and the souls of our descendants. It's why we need to secure our loins with The Word of Truth. Our minds and our hearts and our procreational activities need to be wrapped in Truth, belted in Truth.
And though we have failed God in our pasts, it is our present and future that is important now. With repentant hearts we came to God and He forgives the sins we had committed against Him back in the days when we not only refused to listen to Him, but did not even know Him like we thought we knew Him.
Now, we are filled daily with His Bread, The Truth of The Word of God. We speak this Truth into our minds and our hearts and over our bodies. We speak Truth into our children, over our children who are grown and have families of their own, over their generations and beyond. We pray The Truth over each of you and your families and friends.
We tighten the cinches of divine unity in The Spirit, leaving no room for divisions, or false doctrines to enter our circles of ministry, nor be found in ourselves. We are constantly on the alert to reject philosophical theories, which may sound nice but are, in fact, in total rejection to God's Word. We, the Warriors of The Word, tuck in our shirts and blouses, making us more efficient workers, removing that which would hinder us and slow us down.
The days and times are nearly finished before our Lord and Savior returns to bring us to the home He has prepared for us. Tighten your cinches, your belts.
