Salt is useful for a
lot of things. It adds flavor to otherwise bland food. It preserves food from
spoilage. It creates a thirst in us for water that we need to sustain life. It
can also aide in healing when the body is injured (However, when salt is put on
an open sore, it burns. The pain is real, but in the end the pain goes away and
the wound is healed.). In some cultures salt is deemed to be so valuable that
it is used as a form of currency. It also is used to cure things. However, if too much salt is used, it can
ruin things as well.
The body of Christ is
the salt of the earth. When we are functioning properly, we have a huge impact
on the world. When we quit acting like Christians and blend in with the world,
we lose our saltiness. We no longer are of any eternal value to the world. Once
we lose our ability to be salt, we become of no good at all to the cause of
Christ. We need to be careful so that we don’t lose our saltiness.
By the way, salt left
in the salt shaker is no good either. We may be the best salt in the whole
world, but if we don’t get out of the shaker and get into the world, we are no
good at all. The Lord sends us out into the world, not into our holy huddles.
Food does not enter into the salt shaker to be salted.
Salt can be ruined if it is not properly
cared for. If you water it down, you can no longer use it. If you let it get
contaminated by foreign objects, it loses its natural qualities. We must be
careful that we protect ourselves from those things which might contaminate us
and render us useless.
Salt is a wonderful
thing, if it is used for its intended purposes and in the right amount.
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