Now, the ark of the covenant also was was holy, but now it’s saying that the vessel around his head is holy. Your thoughts are to be as holy as anything else that God has in this world. And a vessel that you actually use for God that God, the more you use it for God, the more God can actually use your mind.
Sometimes things come into your may come into your mind and it’s God putting it there. So scripture says God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power of love and of a sound mind which also is translated as self-control a sound mind. That that that means taking charge. What does it say? Take every thought captive.
And also it says listen to what Peter said. Peter said gird up the loins of your mind. Now, that’s a strange thing. What is girding up the What is girding up? Girding up is back then, they didn’t wear clothes like we do. They wore robes or loose clothes. But if you’re going to have to if you’re running or you’re going to do some work, you got to gird it up. You got to tie it around you.
That’s what girding up your that’s what girding you tie it up and so you can run. So, so the so the the robe won’t trip you up. Well, if you have a messy uh uh you know, an out of control, not disciplined thought life, it’s going to trip you up. It’s like loose. So Peter is saying, “Gird up your mind.
Gird up your thoughts. Take charge. Reign it in. You’re in charge of them. It’s not in charge of you. The mind is to be used of God. It’s to be used for holy things as in the the crown of the high priest. You have power.” Notice that command. Love the Lord with all your mind, not some of your mind.
That means you’ve got control over all your mind. The enemy might throw things in and the world throw things in, but you have the power to cast that down over all, not some. To live a life of purity and wholeness, you have to use all your mind. The Bible doesn’t If you’re living half-heartedly for God, you’re going to be divided and your mind’s going to be divided.
The Bible says though we are to live wholehearted. Whatever you do, do it full. Do it whole. Whatever you’re going to do, do it pure. Do it with no ulterior motive. I’m doing this totally for God. I believe total. I live total. That gives a a singleness of mind. And that is and and and ultimately what it say love the Lord with all your mind.
