We were to be salt

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men. (Matthew 5:13)

Over the last several weeks in this blog, we have looked at the reality of sin in the world. We have seen how human life is devalued and how the church is persecuted. We have looked at the hurt caused by poverty and crime and by our violations of the Ten Commandments. In all of these things, we see the evidence of decay caused by sin.

Jesus called us to be the salt of the earth. Salt is a preservative. It is supposed to hold back the decay. As we look back at all of the pain sin causes, and we look forward to the cross of Christ on Friday, we should be moved to confessing our own sin. We were called to be salt, but many times we have failed to be salt. Jesus says that salt that doesn't preserve is useless. If we as individuals and the church collectively had been salt as we were commanded, we would see a much more God- honoring world than the one we live in.

Starter prayer:

Father, You have called us to be salt in the world, to work against the evil of sin through Your power. We confess to You how often we are so concerned about ourselves and our immediate friends and family that we don't even take time to pray against the destructive power of sin. We confess how often we do not act as those who are salt should. We ask for Your forgiveness and we remember that our sin is why Jesus had to die.

Amen.