Words of Encouragement... Matthew 5:13

"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 by men.   -Matthew 5:13


Jesus is calling us to be authentic and use the impact we can have on the world.  He tells us that we are the salt of the world, Salt was used to preserve meat in those days.  It kept it from spoiling, without the salt the meat would have spoiled and not been usable.  Jesus tells us that we are to be salt to people in the world who don't know him.  He will use us to preserve their lives.  But He is also giving us a warning, that we must keep our relationship with him strong because salt is not the same if it looses its defining characteristic "saltyness".  We need to continually work on our relationship with the Lord, be in his word and in prayer to maintain our saltyness.  If we are not authentic with people or if we say one thing and do not live by the standards we say we live by then our testimony has no value to people.  The Lord will not use us if we are living by the worlds standards, and people will not relate to Jesus through us if we are being hypocritical.