The Teachings of Jesus: Salt and Light

Matthew 5:13 - 16 - Jesus teaches us 2 things - 1. Be a salt; 2. Be a light.

What does this mean? Let us look at both the elements: 1. Salt - used for many things, but i want to highlight just a few.
Salt is used to flavour - Life without Christ is flavourless. It does not give us joy to the fullness. There is a limit to how much joy we receive from our relationships, our achievements or our circumstances. But Jesus says, i have come to give you Life and Life to the FULLEST. Jesus says that the peace that i give you is not like the peace that the world gives. It does not depend on your circumstances. So Jesus says, that we should add flavour to those lives around us by adding value in their life. By knowing us have they become free? have they found comfort? have they found someone who truly cares for not just their life here in this world but also for their spiritual walk? have they found the truth? Do their interactions with us help them taste and see that the Lord is good?
Salt preserves - In Malachi 2:7 say that the lips of a priest must preserve knowledge and from his mouth men should seek instruction. Are we preserving the knowledge of who God is by sharing it to others around us?
Salt heals - Isaiah prophecies in Isaiah 61:1 that Christ has been sent to the world to bind up or heal the broken hearted. Christ dealt with compassion and had mercy. Do we?
2. Light - Again light has a lot of characteristics, highlighting a few:
Light dispels the darkness - Do we bring the word of God to people around us that it may dispel the darkness in their life, become the light that shows them the path and reveal the sin in their lives to bring about a repentence that leads to salvation?
Light brings warmth - And now these three will remain - Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13). Do people around us see and experience the Love of Christ through our life. Are we bringing the warmth of the experience closer to them?
Light heralds a new day - Have we been the ones who showed the way for people to have a transformation in their lives? Have we proclaimed the salvation that redeems from eternal death? Have we led them into a new break of day in their lives by leading them away from despair to the hope at the cross? Have we helped a fellow brother or sister understand and feel the Shepherds rod and staff that protects them in the valley of shadow of death and leads them to the mountain of Zion, the Holy city of God?

Be the salt, Be the light. How? By doing what is good. How do i know what is good? Each society has their own opinions on what is good and what is bad! Read the word - Psalms 143:10 - Teach me to do Your will, for you are my God; May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Let us a make a commitment today and ask the Lord for forgiveness for not adding life transforming value in the lives of those who interact with us. Let us move in line with God's voice to prove him strong and faithful through our lives that others might see and glorify God.

SHALOM!