Sober and Hopeful

The Word of God in I Peter 1:13 exhorts us: "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." The Scriptures here use a figure of speech in which the Christian mind is compared to the dress of an easterner, to his long robe, which was very relaxing and comfortable in moments of ease, but which had to be girded up when there was work to be done. The wearer would take up that robe and with a...