Matthew 5:13 (NKJV) 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
There is much to be gleaned from this verse.
If we really look at it and let God speak to us, He will reveal the truth of this verse to us, and it will be life-changing.
Salt is something that everyone is familiar with. It’s one of the most common seasonings in the entire world.
Salt changes the flavor of everything it is used on or in. Everything. And the change is usually very noticeable.
Jesus has told us that we are the salt of the earth. We really need to get understanding on this one.
As the salt of the earth, we should be bringing change everywhere we are present, to everyone we come into contact with.
Our presence in a place and our interactions with people should bring some kind of transformation or adjustment that can be seen or felt. It might not always be a major change, but there should be evidence of our presence in some way.
Salt changes the things it comes into contact with, even if the amount of salt is very small. But the things that touch salt do not change the salt easily.
Salt is strong. Its presence rarely goes unnoticed.
And so it should be with us. As the salt of the earth, we should be the “change bringers”… the ones who have a positive, lasting effect on others.
Just as salt is not easily changed by other things, we should also not be changed by others that we come into contact with, especially in a negative way or a way that’s not pleasing to God.
If we are being changed in a negative way, it would be safe to say that our walk with God is probably not where it needs to be. It’s time for us to let God check our heart and help us see where we have fallen back. And then we need to let Him put our feet back on His path and strengthen us by His spirit.
So, here’s the test that we can use to check ourselves.
Do we use language that we would never consider using before? Do we watch TV shows, movies or other forms of media that we would never have watched at an earlier time in our walk with God because we knew that it wasn’t right?
Do we act in different ways now than we would have acted at an earlier season in our lives? Do we find certain things acceptable that we previously thought were unacceptable?
This is usually evidence of us compromising God’s standards and allowing others to influence us, instead of us influencing them.
We would like to appeal to you today to let God show you where you’re at. Where is our heart compared to where it was 6 months ago, a year ago or two years ago? Are we changing the world? Or is the world changing us?
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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