Illuminated Flavor

                                           Are we to the world?

We are called to be the salt to this world.  We are also called to be the light as well.  Let’s dive right in and see what the scripture says.

Matthew 5:13-16  

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

Let’s look at some uses of salt by the world’s standards as a mineral.  It gives flavor, it preserves, and it binds wounds.

So Jesus tells us to be the salt of the earth.  He wants us to be that seasoning, because if salt has no flavor, it is thrown out, useless.  How can we be of any use if we are flavorless salt?  We as Christians need to stop just blending in with the world and let our flavor, our seasoning effect the people around us, just as salt flavors what it is on.

Salt also preserves.  If we go around planting seeds, leading people into a relationship with Christ, then we, like salt, can preserve their eternal lives.  If we introduce people to the living Word of God, then we too, like salt, can preserve their eternal lives.

Salt binds wounds.  If we are as salt, we can show people that no matter what spiritual wounds they may have in their lives, like in marriage, relationships, with family, there are many kinds of wounds we can have in a spiritual sense and salt/flavor of Jesus Christ can heal all wounds.  Jeremiah 30:17  I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord…

If we go out in the name of Jesus, equipped with the Holy Spirit and with the living Word of God, we will be the salt.  We will flavor people with the sweet aroma of God.  Our salt can help bring peace into peoples’ lives.  It can change their lives, heal them, save them, bind wounds, break chains of bondage, provide freedom and help to combat the evil that comes at them.

We are called to be the salt, flavorful salt.  So make sure you are of use to God.  Don’t become flavorless.  Don’t just blend in.  We are not called to do that!

Light, let’s look at how the world uses light.  We use it to light up dark spaces, we use it for warmth, we use it to generate power, it can burn, close wounds, remove stains, produce growth,and  it’s so powerful that when condensed it can become a powerful laser.  Light has the ability to create power and energy and God gives us His light for power in this dark world.

We are the light of the world, the world is dark.  It is in a constant spiritual battle.  Satan blankets the earth with sin and darkness.  Satan creates an illusion of fear and sickness, false problems.

We, as Christians, are overcomers.  We are supposed to be shining bright.  We have to go out into that darkness and let our light shine brighter than ever.  For what good are we if we are hiding our light under a basket, or under a blanket.  We need to allow our light to expose the darkness, learn to plant seeds when the opportunity presents itself.  Be aware of your surroundings when you’re out and about because we walk among a spiritual battlefield and Satan is prowling around like a roaring lion.  So your light could be the only Jesus, the only Bible people will ever see.  So make sure it’s shining!  Make sure you’re salty.  Bright and salty that’s us.  Now go and make a difference.  Be that salt and flavor in someone’s life.  Be that light and provide light to the right path for someone’s trapped in darkness, for this is the will of God for us.