Being the Right Kind of Salt

UV3413/10000 Being the RIGHT KIND OF Salt
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has losts its taste(purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people ( when the walkways are wet and slippery).

Matthew 5 v 13

It is the Word of God that makes us salty. Salt is a taste giver. It is a healer and health producer. It is crystalline. It is white if pure. If put in water, it lies below the surface. We are to emulate these qualities of salt. We are to make our lives tasty or purposeful by giving priority to the Lord and His word at work in our lives. Our speech or conversation becomes tasteful by the flavours that the Word brings to it. We are to retain our pure crystalline character. We are to lie below the surface and attribute all glory to the Lord. We are to make relationships and people healthful by our words, attitudes and behaviour. Salt does not get spoilt and likewise, we should not do or say anything that spoils our testimony.

There are many varieties or grades of salt. Only the best quality salt is fit for consumption. Industrial salt is the more crude and low grade variety. Yet another low grade variety is thrown on the sidewalks and roads in winter to prevent the snow and ice from melting and forming slush. Jesus warns us not to lose our true character and qualities and be worthy only of being trampled upon. Our daily intake of the Word can make us salty again in this world. Without the guidance and saturation of the Word in our lives, we become purposeless, tasteless, powerless, sick people.

Our words and actions should bring healing to this world. It should heal broken hearts, broken homes, broken lives. It should supply the necessary minerals or salts that the human being needs to sustain life. Following the principles and precepts of Jesus gives us the pure crystalline character expected in His followers. Our words, works and lives should make Jesus, God and the Word attractive to others. Jesus uses the metaphor of salt as it is cheap and freely available in nature, in rocks and in sea water. Yet it is used in small quantities with all kinds of food. Likewise, we must freely give what we have freely received. Like salt is lowly, we should always be humble. We should use the apt word for the apt occasion even as only the right quantity of salt is required to be added to food to make it tasty. Just as salt is used to remove the leeches that such our blood, the Word is to be used as the salt that removes the leeches of sin, lust, pride that affect our peace, fruit and lives.