Gird your loins

1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, 

When Peter says to "gird up the loins" it is the picture of the Roman soldier preparing for combat. He is saying, get ready to fight. Where is the battle ground? It is in the mind. That is where the battle for living the Christian life is. It is in your thoughts. The bible says to "be sober". What does it mean to be sober? It means to be controlled. A drunk has no control of his thoughts. He therefore has no control of his actions. Out of control thoughts = out of control actions. It works that way every time. That is why the bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 to "take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."

When you know you are having thoughts that are not obedient thoughts, that is when the battle is really on. Now the fight is full blown. Who will win? Will God be victorious in our lives or will we give in to the world, the flesh, and the devil? It all depends on whether or not we are able to take the thoughts captive.

Child of God, you have a choice what you think about. You have a choice as to what kind of attitude you adopt. You have a choice as to whether or not you choose to frame everything in your thinking in a positive way or whether or you can choose to be negative. Make no mistake....it is your choice.

May God grant you the grace to take your thoughts captive today.