Truth and Righteousness. Ephesians 6:14. “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;” Veracity is the affirmation, no question about the facts. Actuality is the authentication – no question about the acts. Accuracy is the identification – no question as to from whence it comes. Rightness is the qualification – no question as to what is done.
Verity finds its source in God – He who is Truth itself. Honesty makes its home in men – he who will live it out himself. Fact finds its place in truthful words – those who match the two as one. Correctness takes it out to those who won’t stop until the truth has won.
Candid truth will never deceive – it is there for all to see and view. Frank, truth always can be believed – its lines of fact are never new. Sincere, truth never has known guile – its face is bright and easily read. Authentic truth has no false smile – its basis is in the written Word.
So around one’s loins, may truth be bound, the place of strength and character. May readiness to serve be found in each believer–warrior. The girding of the loins and mind is essential to the life we live; To serve our Lord with truth so clearly is the best service we can give.
Righteousness is that God-like trait that He imparts to men like me. Is there for all of us to take so that in our lives, others Christ might see. It does demand a faithfulness that so reveals the will of God. It meets the requirements to make the reality that Christ is Lord.
Right dealings with all those around are needed to make really clear; The fact that I am not my own, and my life is lived for Jesus here. The breastplate is seen from neck to waist, and it covers all the vital parts; For it is here, if it’s not on, that Satan aims his fiery darts.
Truth and righteousness are linked because, alone, each cannot work. Truth in the life real service brings when around the life it’s tightly girt. Righteousness, as seen in public view, makes truth more than just words we say. So, put together on me, these two give me protection to stand each day.
The helmet of salvation guards the mind against doubts that the devil will try to plant. "Hath God said...?" is not just the serpent's question to Eve; he uses the same tactic to deceive everyone. For some reason, every generation of believers faces the same challenge. Correct doctrinal belief and control of the mind are really matters of choice for each believer. The attractions Satan used in the past are still being used against us today. We must learn to be skilled with the "sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." A sword pierces the body to defeat an enemy, and the word of God pierces the heart, potentially ending the hardness that blinds the minds of those who refuse to believe. Victory is certain when God's word is used effectively as an offensive weapon to push back the enemies of His people.