The Salt of Life

UV 3752/10000 The Salt of Life Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said,” Thus says the Lord: I ( not the salt) have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer death or barrenness because of it.” 2 Kings 2 v 21 Elijah was a greater prophet than his disciple Elisha but due to the double anointing that Elisha got, the latter did greater miracles and had a more victorious life than Elijah. The salt that Elisha threw in the spring of water is a metaphor for the word of God. The word of God is the salt that makes our lives tasty. It is the salt that cause the leech of sin to release its clutches on us. It is the salt that heals our wounds. The salt that Elisha threw in the water of the spring purified it. The word of God purifies our thoughts and our hearts. Since the water was bad, the land was barren. Once the water was purified by the salt added to it, the land became good, fruitful. Likewise, the word of God makes our lives fruitful. The salt healed the water. Likewise, the Word of God has the power to release healing in our lives, healing of deep and inner hurt, healing even of physical or mental ailments. The salt removed death from the water. The word of God releases the resurrection power of Jesus in our lives. The word of God penetrates the deepest part of our being- the spirit of man. We gain strength and wisdom from the word to be able to endure the suffering we are tested with. We obtain the wisdom of God to enable us to make the correct choices and decisions. Salted water has the effect of a disinfectant. Likewise, the word disinfects us of the influences of this world and its systems, our past conditioning and the old sinful man in each of us. The word of God is the source of the spring of sweet, life giving water that flows from our hearts. The word gives us encouragement, emboldens and empowers us. We can become mature in faith only if we increase our intake of the word on a regular basis. Elisha had to only throw the salt once into the water to rid it of its poisonous qualities but we need to take the word on a daily, regular and frequent basis. Human knowledge like the contaminated water is polluted and contaminated by sin or hamartia. The word heals human knowledge and makes it fit and useful for human consumption. We also learn from the uni-verse that it was not the salt that purified the water but the Lord God. Likewise, the Lord God causes His word to function in our lives to heal, to bless, to deliver, to multiply, to purify, to make fruitful, to save from death.