Tuesday, April 19, 2022
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.”
– Matthew 5:13
“. . . when God calls His children salt, He would teach them that His purpose in making them the subjects of His grace is that they may become agents in saving others … Salt must be mingled with the substance to which it is added; it must penetrate and infuse in order to preserve. So it is through personal contact and association that men are reached by the saving power of the gospel. They are not saved in masses, but as individuals. Personal influence is a power. We must come close to those whom we desire to benefit. The savor of the salt represents the vital power of the Christian—the love of Jesus in the heart, the righteousness of Christ pervading the life. The love of Christ is diffusive and aggressive. If it is dwelling in us, it will flow out to others.” – Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, pp. 35-36
The work of sharing Christ is every believer’s responsibility. Using your personal influence to point to Jesus, to share about what He has done for you, and how He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, this is every Christian’s life calling. Jesus wants us to be the salt of earth because salt draws out the good flavors clearly hidden in food and preserves what would otherwise spoil, so those of love Jesus and want to serve Him. Remember you, beloved, are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes bland and loses its saltiness, can anything make it salty again? No. It is useless. It is tossed out, thrown away, or trampled. (The voice)
HEART QUESTIONS: Do you have non-believing friends or co-workers in your life? Or have you locked yourself into an “Adventist bubble”? Is there at least one non-Christian person in your life who is getting a taste of Jesus by spending time with you? Ask Jesus today to make you His delicious salt of the earth!
- Pray that your life will reflect the taste of Jesus and a delicious salt to each person I am in contact with and those the flavor of Jesus to
- Pray that church members in Guyana would understand that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a prophetic movement with a prophetic message entrusted by heaven with a very special prophetic mission, and now is the time to shine for God’s glory.
- Pray for each church members to become the salt of earth, that they will share Christ flavor and to always keep Christ’s flavor in their hearts. That they will always make their motto not to lose flavor of Christ.
- Pray for the 1000 bible studies initiatives