13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Prepare your minds for action...
I am wondering what Peter was talking about when he instructs us to prepare our minds for action. I am curious as to why he wouldn't us the word "heart" here. So much in Jesus' teaching deals with the heart and how important preparing and protecting the heart is for us believers. Instead Peter challenges us to prepare our minds for action.
If the heart holds the emotion, the mind holds the knowledge and the strategy. This section of scripture is shared after Peter talks about the eminent return of Jesus. He is telling us how to live as we anticipate the second coming. I think he may be telling us to prepare our minds so we can pre-decide our actions. By doing this we are less likely to fall into the traps of the evil one and our own selfish desires. Preparing our minds is important because not all logic is bad.
Heart and Soul,BAG
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