THE BELT OF TRUTH To win spiritual battles requires the belt of truth. Christ said, “Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning” Luke 12:35. The first piece of the armor of God is the belt of truth. Scripture says, “Having your loins girt about with truth” Ephesians 6:14. Today a belt is used to hold up your pants. In Apostle Paul’s day people wore a loose fitting garment called a cloth tunic that extended down to their hips or knees. Around this tunic they wore a leather belt. A Roman soldier would not want a loose fitting tunic getting in his way during battle so he made sure to gird up his loins or to tighten up his belt. Girding up your loins means to make yourself ready for battle. Tightening up your belt is something you do before the fight. God told Jeremiah, “Gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them” Jeremiah 1:17. Notice girding up the loins was a precursor before Jeremiah could begin his assignment. Girding yourself with truth requires you to know the truth. Paul told his spiritual son Timothy, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15. Jesus said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:31-32. Every spiritual warrior prepares himself before going to battle. Meditation on the word of God is the best and fastest way to get ready. “With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word” Psalms 119:10-16 The belt of truth also surrounds your loins. The loins are your reproductive region, the place of conception, and birthing. When God spoke to Abraham he said, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee and kings shall come out of thy loins” Genesis 35:11. When your loins are girded about with truth you can expect revelation of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven Matthew 13:11. God bless you
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:58:11 +0000
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