Understanding the Biblical Meaning of ‘Ye are the Salt of the Earth’

Don’t waste your salt
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‘Ye are the salt of the earth’

What does this mean to you?
Often, when we add salt to food, we believe it enhances the taste of the food.
But according to research, it does more than this. The salt added helps to break down the ‘covering’ of the vegetables and other condiments in the food, thus helping them to release their unique flavor, which, together, makes the food taste great.

What then does this mean for us as children of God?
You’re not only to preserve, but you are to help others come into their place in Christ and release their unique flavor to bless the world.

You see, as a child of God, our lives, our actions and all that we do is to be geared towards winning souls. And we are not only to win them, we have to help them grow and also discover their place in Christ.

This also includes contact with strangers. After encountering you, how do people leave feeling? Uplifted or downcast? Are you helping them by being ‘salt that unlocks their own potential, or do you make them shrink?’

We wouldn’t be told we are ‘the salt of the earth‘ if we didn’t have it in us to be so.
Are you playing your part, or are you wasting the potential?

Matthew 5:13
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it besalted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men”.