MAKING A DIFFERENCE

 

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Matt. 5:13-14 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it useful again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. You are the light of the world---like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see.” NLT

These two verses make it clear that God does not accept those who are not who they are called to be in Christ. We are salt and light in the world and when we don’t have an impact on the world or let the world see Christ in us, we are good for nothing as far as God is concerned.

This should be a sobering truth to us. We have to look at ourselves and examine whether or not we are making any difference at all in the world for Christ. Some are doing many great things for Him and others appear to do nothing at all. While it is a losing proposition to compare ourselves to others and what they are doing, we must be doing what we can for the sake of Christ. No one will get by with doing nothing. We are created in Christ Jesus to be productive. Faith that is not making a difference in the world is dead.

Faith that is real is seen. We shine in different ways and with different degrees of intensity, but if we are living in Christ, we do shine. Other believers should be able to see Christ shining in us and the world should be able to see it as well. Lights are useless and soon gotten rid of if they don’t do what they are supposed to do, shine. We should be showing the way to God for all to see.

Look at yourself. Are you having an impact on the world for Christ? Can others easily see Christ in you? Are you showing others the way to God by the way you live and talk? God will not embrace you as His own if you are not living out your faith in the world in which you live.