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We Are Salt!!!

As believers in Christ, we have become God's people here on earth. And as God's people we are His preserving agents for a world that is corrupted and degenerating because of sin. Our life is designed and commissioned by God to enhance a community and to preserve what is good and right. There is deep significance today for a godly life that is involved in its community! The presence of Christ in us makes all that He is available to others around us. His salvation can free and addict, mend a broken home, heal the pain of the past, restore a wayward child, and comfort a grieving heart. All of this is available to those around us as Christ expresses His life through us.

"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." Matthew 5:13.

Friends, we are called and commanded by God to live a life worthy of our calling that others would see the love and grace through us that God has poured out for all mankind that would seek and come to Him. However, if we are not in right relationship with our Lord, Jesus said that we are like salt that has lost its saltiness and is, therefore, good for nothing. None of God's saving grace and power can be dispensed through us to others if we are like this.

How, then, do we test the "saltiness" of our life? Well, let's first look at our own families. Are we preserving it from the destructive influences that surround it, such as T.V. or radio or literature? What are we allowing to be brought into our homes? Examine our workplaces. Are the sinful influences in our work environment being halted because we are there? Observe our community. Is it a better place because we are involved in it? How about our church? The evidence that we are being used by God as a preserving agent is that things are becoming spiritually better around us instead of worse. If people around us are deteriorating spiritually, we need to go to our Lord and allow Him to adjust our lives so that we can be used to preserve others.

May God Richly Bless You Today!! H Trent!

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