Salt and Light
“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.
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."
(Mathew 5:13 - 16)
We are the Salt and Light God has planned for the world. God is not asking us if we'd like to be Salt and Light. He told us that we ARE Salt and Light.
We are it. He has no other plan.
When Jesus spoke of salt, He was saying the world is decaying, and it needs THE INFLUENCE of salt to stop the decay.
When Jesus spoke of light, He was saying that the world is in darkness, and it needs THE INFLUENCE of light so that men will see clearly the right path they should take.
When I googled this verse in Mathew Chapter 5, this is the point that came through somewhere in 90% of the articles I found that talked about salt and light.
Christians are TO INFLUENCE a decaying, corrupt, dark world. There is NO ONE ELSE that God has planned to do this.
If we Christians do not INFLUENCE a decaying world with God's preserving salt and if Christians do not INFLUENCE a dark world by lighting it up with God's wise rules and principles, NO ONE ELSE WILL!!!!
I know, I know. You helped out in the soup lines for the poor last Christmas. You also headed up the VBS program last summer. You were there for every function the church had for any kind of outreach event. And honestly, that's awesomel!!!
But if we really want to stop the decay in the world or light up the dark perspectives filling the hearts and minds of so many, we need to:
a) stop the rot that's spreading inside the music and entertainment coming into our homes
b) light up our family relationships with genuine forgiveness and patience.
c) give our children the time they so desperately need to just talk to us.
d) start looking at our spouses' perspective on life instead of just seeing life "our way."
And our influence needs to be genuine and daily.
The families in our country are rotting away with the decay of Satan's beliefs.
The families in our country are walking and talking in the darkness of a crooked and depraved generation.
Families need to INFLUENCE other families by BEING salt and light in their own families.
We ARE salt and light. If we fail our own family members by becoming unsalty or by hiding our light under a basket, God has no other plan. We ARE His Plan.
How much are you influencing your family because God doesn't have another plan?
You're it!
And I need to practice what I preach.
