What a difference a day or two makes. One day I was praying the road crews would have salted the road because everyone was paralyzed due to the icy road conditions. Less than 48 hours later I’m complaining because there was salt all over the road and the temperature was 45 degrees outside and the salt was being thrown all over my car. Oh what a difference a day or two makes. Jesus I am sure would attest to that as would Jonah. (For new believers read 1 Corinthians 15:4 and Jonah 1:17-2:10)
What made the difference? Temperature. The temperature difference made the difference between my desire for salt and my lack of desire for salt. Think about it. Isn’t that the way the world is about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If the world is on fire for God and desires or hungers for righteousness they love being around Christians who are the Salt of the Earth. Those who love darkness and hate the light won’t like Christians any more than I liked salt on the roads on a warm day.
However, the worlds like or dislike of Salt (Christians) doesn’t make the Salt any less valuable. Salt is a preservative. Take all the Christians out of this world and it will no longer be preserved. We are the preserving agent God is using on the earth. We are valuable to God and He is using us to create a thirst in a very dry culture.
Matthew 5:13 (NIV) “"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Be what God called you to be. Some may want to trample you under foot and even get disgusted with you. My advice is just wait a while and you will become very valuable to them. The temperature is about to change.
Matthew 24:12 (NIV) “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,”
In a world growing harder to maneuver in each day and the way being narrow a lot of accidents can be avoided and lives spared because of a little salt.
Below is a great little illustration I found and wanted to share:
“Sodium is an extremely active element found naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element. Chlorine, on the other hand, is the poisonous gas that gives bleach its offensive odor. When sodium and chlorine are combined, the result is sodium chloride--common table salt--the substance we use to preserve meat and bring out its flavor. Love and truth can be like sodium and chlorine. Love without truth is flighty, sometimes blind, willing to combine with various doctrines. On the other hand, truth by itself can be offensive, sometimes even poisonous. Spoken without love, it can turn people away from the gospel. When truth and love are combined in an individual or a church, however, then we have what Jesus called "the salt of the earth," and we're able to preserve and bring out the beauty of our faith.” David H. Johnson.
What made the difference? Temperature. The temperature difference made the difference between my desire for salt and my lack of desire for salt. Think about it. Isn’t that the way the world is about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If the world is on fire for God and desires or hungers for righteousness they love being around Christians who are the Salt of the Earth. Those who love darkness and hate the light won’t like Christians any more than I liked salt on the roads on a warm day.
However, the worlds like or dislike of Salt (Christians) doesn’t make the Salt any less valuable. Salt is a preservative. Take all the Christians out of this world and it will no longer be preserved. We are the preserving agent God is using on the earth. We are valuable to God and He is using us to create a thirst in a very dry culture.
Matthew 5:13 (NIV) “"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Be what God called you to be. Some may want to trample you under foot and even get disgusted with you. My advice is just wait a while and you will become very valuable to them. The temperature is about to change.
Matthew 24:12 (NIV) “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,”
In a world growing harder to maneuver in each day and the way being narrow a lot of accidents can be avoided and lives spared because of a little salt.
Below is a great little illustration I found and wanted to share:
“Sodium is an extremely active element found naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element. Chlorine, on the other hand, is the poisonous gas that gives bleach its offensive odor. When sodium and chlorine are combined, the result is sodium chloride--common table salt--the substance we use to preserve meat and bring out its flavor. Love and truth can be like sodium and chlorine. Love without truth is flighty, sometimes blind, willing to combine with various doctrines. On the other hand, truth by itself can be offensive, sometimes even poisonous. Spoken without love, it can turn people away from the gospel. When truth and love are combined in an individual or a church, however, then we have what Jesus called "the salt of the earth," and we're able to preserve and bring out the beauty of our faith.” David H. Johnson.
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