BEING THE SALT AND LIGHT IN OUR WORLD

Happy Saturday to my committed readers and followers!! Hope you all had a great and fruitful week. Well, here goes the word for this week. Please remember to share with as many people as you wish. The title for this week is, ‘Being the Salt and Light in our World.’ The verse for this week is taken from Matthew 5:13-16. It says, “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. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

From verse 14, we note that, we're expected to be the salt and light of our world. Someone may ask why salt and light and not something valuable like gold and silver?
Let's break it down. Salt might be one of the cheap things in the market you can think of but it has a lot of uses. For instance salt is used as a preservative, in other words it used to preserve food. So as believers it is fair to say we are the preservatives of this world and our job as preservatives is to preserve the people of our world from ungodly acts and behaviour by sharing the word of God with others.

In fact this is the great commission for us Christians.  Matthew 28:19 says, ‘Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit.’ Someone may say but I'm not a pastor or a preacher. Believe me when I say you don't need a special title to tell others about God. As born again Christians we qualify to share the Word with others. All we need is a willing heart. Another use of salt is to give flavour and taste to food. As followers of Jesus we have to enhance the taste and flavour of life in a good way. We can do this by showing love to others including our enemies (Luke 6:35), by being peacemakers and by putting a smile on the faces of others.

That brings me to the second part of today's Word, which is being the Light of our world. Imagine this world without light at night. There will be total darkness. As Christians we have to let our light shine brighter in the world. We live in a world where people take pleasure in sinning but we can be the lights and live a righteous life. Also sharing the word of God with others will help to bring light to their darkened hearts. We can be a light in people's life by inspiring, motivating and encouraging them.

To my dear readers, thanks for taking time off your busy schedules to read this. God bless and please be a blessing to others by sharing this with them. Always remember to keep your Light shinning and be the Salt that will help preserve or give taste. Not forgetting about the Great Commission. Go out of your way (comfort zone) and share the word of God with your loved ones. It is the best gift you can ever give to someone. Keep shining and don't stop adding flavour to your world. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a great week ahead.