My
Scripture Reference for you today is from: Matt. 5:13-16 “You are the salt of
the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?”
Jesus once told his disciples that they were salt and light.
That was sort of a strange thing to say. What do you suppose Jesus meant by
that? Jesus told his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth. But what good
is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it useful again? It will be
thrown out and trampled underfoot as useless” (Matt 5:13 NLT). In other words,
without its strong taste, salt is not much good for anything.
Could I
need two volunteers to taste something for me? I’m
going to pour a white powder into your hand. You taste it and tell me if you
think it is salt or not. Does that taste
like salt? It doesn’t have much of a
taste, does it? It’s bland and plain. Would you put it on your food?
Now I want you to taste something else. Does that have a strong taste? What is it? That’s salty salt. We put salt on food to
flavor it. If our salt was not salty, it would be useless to put it on our
food.
Jesus wants us to be salty, and he wants us to shine
brightly. People around us should know for sure that we’re Christians. We
should show them love and acceptance and tell them about God and invite them to
church. A little bit of salt on food can
make a big difference. One little light can push back the darkness. Just a few
salty Christians in a neighborhood can make a difference.
Prayer: Help
us to be salty Christians, Lord. May we shine brightly in our world and show
others the way to you.
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