Jesus is Essential
Luke 14:34–35: “Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Salt is a preservative, and God’s people in this world are helping to retard the growth of evil and decay. Salt is also a purifying agent, an antiseptic that makes things cleaner. It may sting when it touches the wound, but it helps to kill infection. Salt gives flavor to things and, most of all, makes people thirsty. By our character and conduct, we ought to make others thirsty for the Lord Jesus Christ and the salvation that He alone can give.
Once the saltiness was gone, there was no way to restore it, and the salt was thrown out into the street to be walked on. When a disciple loses his Christian character, he is “good for nothing” and will eventually be “walked on” by others and bring disgrace to Christ. 1
Walking with Jesus
What does it take to stay salty? Our flavoring should come from the Word, through prayer, through yielding to the Spirit and not the flesh, and through complete dependency upon the Holy Spirit. Are you “seasoned” enough to make a difference?
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica. 2 Timothy 4:10
To be seasoned by Jesus is to be His salt poured upon a decaying culture.
Praying
Lord, keep me salty for You, then shake me over my city, and country, and the world.
1. Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
