Revelation 1:13

One like unto the Son of Man appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple observed that he wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for Jesus never was ungirded while on earth, but was always ready for service. Now, before the eternal throne, he does not cease His holy ministry, but as a priest is girded with the curious girdle of the ephod. It is well for us that he has not ceased to fulfill his offices of love for us, since this is one of our choicest safeguards: that he ever lives to make intercession for us.

Jesus is never an idler; his garments are never loose as though his offices were ended. He diligently carries on the cause of his people. A golden girdle, to reveal the superiority of his service, the royalty of his person, the dignity of his state, the glory of his reward. No longer does he cry out of the dust, but he pleads with authority, a King as well as a Priest. Safe enough is our cause in the hands of our enthroned Melchizedek.

Our Lord presents all his people with an example. We must never unbind our girdles. This is not the time for lying down at ease; it is the season of service and warfare. We need to bind the girdle of truth more and more tightly around our loins.

It is a golden girdle, and so it will be our richest ornament. We greatly need it, for a heart that is not well braced up with the truth as it is in Jesus, and with the fidelity which is produced by the Spirit, will be easily entangled with the things of this life and tripped up by the snares of temptation.

It is in vain that we possess the Scriptures unless we bind them around us like a girdle, surrounding our entire nature, keeping each part of our character in order, and giving compactness to our whole person. If in heaven Jesus does not unbind the girdle, much less should we on earth. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.