Running is not a solution

1 Peter 1:13
(ASV) Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Peter write and share about this among who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (v1). But the first question is why Peter wrote this to them? Let's dive deeper and learn about this as we pray and let God lead us into this.

as we know sojourner basically mean those who temporary stay, and nowadays we call them refugees. The run from home to find refuge or covering at other place. Because of God's grace and love, Peter's eye is open for this people and want to encourage this people to know about God's LOVE and GRACE for them as a refugees. Normally those refugees, will find no hope and grace for them. That make them keep running from one place to another.

The first thing is: girding up the loins of your mind. Peter told those sojourners to girding up the loins of their mind; which mean to prepare their mind for action! Normally for sojourners, in their mind is to keep running and moving, immigrant and running again. But Peter told them, "Hey. It's time to stop running! Prepare your mind for the real action! Gird up and stand firm!"

Peter write again, BE SOBER! Why need to be sober? In other translation says, be clear-headed. As a sojourners, again in their mind they can't think much. Problems come, they run. Move to different place, find a good hut and restart all over again. But doing this will find no good for the children, health and safety. So Peter told them, KEEP A CLEAR HEAD!

Lastly, Peter wrote that to put their hope PERFECTLY on the GRACE! Most of the time for them, there is no hope. As long as they can run as fast as the could for their life, they will be safe. But definitely there is no hope for them. When they run and manage to find good foods and hut, they can eat and survive.

Now, how about us? Are we running from our problems, and our mind is not clear about our own salvation and keep hoping that wealthiness, success come to find us? Where our hope is? What we running from?

The suggestion here is that, we don't run from our problems and let the problems master us! Three things we can do is, PREPARE our mind for the fight, when we fight keep a CLEAR HEAD which mean don't bother what other say to you your your mind whisper you; and putting our HOPE TO THE GRACE of Jesus Christ! When we fight the struggle in our mind, be clear mind that Holy Spirit is with us and helping us. Be clear that Jesus is Immanuel had promise to be with us and stay with us, fight with us and give us strength! That is His grace when he REVEAL Himself to us! That He will be with us, give us courage and strength, helping us never leave us in our fight! Put out hope to that GRACE!