Today I conclude my communion time on girding the loins of our hearts with God’s words.

The importance of our response as we see that the lesson is not simply that Peter received revelation but the critical issue was what Peter did with the revelation. He allowed the Holy Spirit to change his thinking then he girded his mind with the revealed truth and he acted promptly upon what the Lord had showed him.

Therefore because he did so, he became positioned to participate in something much greater than his previous understanding could have ever imagined possible. This reveals to us why our response to Holy Spirit revelation matters so greatly.

The Lord may reveal something that challenges our assumptions, traditions, experiences, prejudices, or established ways of thinking and at that moment, we must choose whether we will defend our existing mindset or surrender it to the truth the Spirit is revealing.

Our obedience can become the doorway through which the Lord’s purpose advances. The Holy Spirit therefore calls us to examine our lives carefully by asking ourselves how am I using my time and what am I doing that is not profitable?

What unnecessary things in my life needs to stop? What has the Lord assigned me to do with the time He has given me? Am I still pressing forward towards that goal, or have I become comfortable because of yesterday’s victories?

Remember the Lord has entrusted each day to us for Kingdom purposes to be accomplished. We are called to remain alert and ready, like the servants Jesus described in Luke 12:35-38. We are to gird ourselves with truth as instructed in Ephesians 6:14.

We are instructed to gird the loins of our minds, remain sober, and rest fully on God’s grace being brought to us according to 1 Peter 1:13. And when the Holy Spirit gives us the revelation, we must be willing to act upon it, as Peter did in Acts 10:9, 34-35, and 44-48.

The goal for us is to remain in the bullseye of God’s will and purpose, and prepared to execute whatever He assigns at the prescribed time. The ultimate desire expressed in this message is that we become increasingly fruitful for the Kingdom as the Father desires us to be to bring Him glory.

We are never to become satisfied with yesterday’s accomplishments and we are not to become passive in our stance because the Lord has already answered prayers or performed mighty works. We must continue pressing in through continued listening for the voice of the Holy Spirit. We must also continue allowing the Holy Spirit to expand our understanding as we continue surrendering our minds to the revealed truth. We must always remain ready to act when the Holy Spirit says, “Now.”

The more completely we allow the Holy Spirit to gird our hearts and minds with His truth, the more effectively we can carry out the things He has assigned to us for the advancement of the Kingdom and the glory of His name.

Therefore, we must meditate on these words repeatedly and returning to the Scriptures and allow them to become established within us. As these truths become part of our life, we will experience a greater expansion of the life of Jesus made available to us and increasing productivity for the Kingdom.

Father, in Jesus name by your grace, teach me how to steward the time you have entrusted to me. Please show me what I must stop doing, and what I must prioritise, and how I can use each day more profitably for Your Kingdom. Holy Spirit, keep me alert and watchful and do not allow me to become comfortable with yesterday’s victories. Please give me more grace to press forward into everything You have prepared for me.

Help me to gird the loins of my mind with truth. Please make me sober, watchful, and ready for action by teaching me how to reject every lie, deception, accusation, and thought that contradicts Your truth. Give me the same humility Peter demonstrated in Acts 10 which enabled him to receive truth that challenges my existing understanding and to obey You without doubting.

Keep me dearest Lord positioned in the bullseye of Your will and purpose, to be ready to execute Your assignments at the appointed time. Let my life produce fruit that remains and continually multiplies the Kingdom of Jesus for Your glory I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

I declare that the truth I know will become the truth I apply and the Lord’s truth is active in me, making me free and keeping me free. My mouth will declare the truth, my heart will embrace it, and my life will demonstrate it.

Like Peter in Acts 10, I declare that I will not allow old mindsets, traditions, assumptions, or human limitations to prevent me from obeying a fresh revelation from the Holy Spirit. I will go when the Lord says go and I will act when He says act. I will change when He says change and I will obey without doubting.

I declare that every revelation the Holy Spirit gives me will position me for Kingdom advancement. What the Lord reveals to me will not remain dormant but it will produce obedience, fruitfulness, transformation, and manifestation of His promise in my life.

I declare that my obedience will become a catalyst for others to encounter Jesus. So just as Peter’s obedience opened the door for the Gentiles to receive the Holy Spirit in Acts 10:44-48, my obedience will open doors for others to experience the life, power, grace, and salvation of Jesus Christ.

I declare that I am positioned in the bullseye of the Lord’s will and purpose for my life. I am girded, prepared, watchful, and ready so that when the Master comes, He will find me watching, and when He speaks, I will hear. When He commands, I will obey and what He reveals, I will act on in obedience promptly so my life will produce fruit that remains.

I declare that the life of Jesus will expand through me, and my Kingdom productivity will increase, and everything assigned to me by the Holy Spirit to do will be accomplished for the glory of God. I am not finished and I am not settling nor looking backward. I am pressing forward, fully girded with truth, fully surrendered to the Holy Spirit, and fully available for the purposes of the Lord in Jesus’ name, Amen.