Read Matthew
5
Do you know
how I know that 2020 is the craziest year ever?
I checked a package of salt that I had and it said expires December
2020.
Salt has
been around at least since the beginning of the world. How do I know? When Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt
as she looked
back at Sodom, nobody commented, “What’s that stuff?”
Salt has
been around. Man didn’t have to invent
salt. It’s not like gravy that someone
had to say, we need something to go with chicken fried steak. Salt has been around.
But what is
it to be the salt of the earth? Salt has many qualities. It seasons.
It preserves. It can make you
scream if you rub it in an open wound.
Salt can
make you thirsty. Salt pills used to be
the cure-all for sports-related cramps.
Then came Gatorade.
Of all of
these, I think being the salt of the earth is to be the God seasoning of the
planet. People should taste the goodness
of God when they encounter us.
And then
there is light. Light and darkness are
common themes in the Bible.
Isaiah said
that light was coming. John said that
the light had come. Jesus said he was
the light. Now he tells us that we are
the light. We are to be light in this world.
When we
profess Jesus as Lord, his light should emanate from within us. Unless we cover up the light, but who would
do that?
What’s the
point of having light and not letting it shine?
What’s the
point of salt that is not salty?
Why would
anyone want either of these? Salt that
has lost its saltiness should not even exist.
A light that is brought into a room and then covered so as not to
illuminate the room makes no sense.
You are the
salt of the earth. You are the light of
the world.
Do not deny
who you are by how you live.
Be the salt
of the earth. Be the light of the world.
Amen.
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