"You are the salt of the earth. But
if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no
longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5:13 NIV)
Salt can be used in food as a
preservative, but it can also make people thirsty and food tasty. Jesus said
those who believe in Him are the salt of the earth; our function is to make
others hungry and thirsty for Him.
Are you losing your saltines? Today it’s
easy to become saturated in selfishness and materialism, so engrossed by
entertainment and politics, so anesthetized by religion and tradition, that we’re
in danger of losing the uniqueness of who we are in Christ. As a result our “salt”
no longer makes people “thirsty” for Jesus or the things of God “tasty.”
When that happens, we desperately need
to recharge our saltiness by renewing our personal knowledge of God, our
passionate love for Christ, our practical devotion to the Holy Spirit, our
purposeful commitment to the gospel so that once again, we are salty believers.
Be the salty saint that you are!
-- Anne Graham Lotz in “Fixing My Eyes on Jesus”
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