Today Determine to Taste Like Salt, and Look Like Light! We are
constantly surrounded by people who need what we have, and yet we give them
nothing, but give each other the same things week after week, behind the closed
doors of the church! Isn't it time for the
salt to get out where it's needed? We need to leave the comfort of Salt Mountain and dare to risk getting involved in places
where lost people are; to look at the unbelieving people around us and start
building some bridges into their lives; building intentional rescue
relationships. More than picketers, protestors, or promoters, God needs some of
His people to just move close to some people who are not His people…yet!
“You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God
is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city
on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you
under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you
there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with
your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God,
this generous Father in heaven.” (MSG)
Can you imagine how odd it would look if you walked into a dark room,
turned on the lamp, and then put the lit lamp in a closet and closed the door?
Sounds silly doesn’t it? But that’s what we’ve been doing. We sing all these
wonderful songs about the goodness and faithfulness of God, yet we sing in the
church. We preach all these inspiring messages about the saving, healing and
delivering power of God, yet we preach in the church. We teach about the
attributes of God, the fruit of the Spirit, the unconditional love of Jesus,
yet we teach in the church. We pray until tumors dry up, cancer is cured, Aids
no longer exists, the lame are walking, the deaf can hear, the mute can speak,
the blind can see, the bound are free, and yet we pray in church.
Why do we keep light surrounded by more light, when we live in such a
dark world? That’s what we’re assigned to do. Give a dark world some light, so
that they may see our Father! And what happens when we do? “…they may see your
good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your
Father who is in heaven.” (AMP). When we shine light, they see our Father, and
find a path that leads them to Him. And once they find Him, they praise Him,
honor Him, and glorify Him! And all we have to do is taste like salt, and look
like light.
But I also love the way the Message Bible says it, “…By opening up to
others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in
heaven.” (MSG) When we go to where we’re needed, and share our salty
testimonies about what God has done for us, we prompt them to do the same. Seek
Him, Find Him, Follow and Trust Him. But we have to go to them first, and
“...open up...”.
And an added bonus is this, “...it gives light to all who are in the
house…” When you share the Good News with just one person, you in fact share it
with many more than you think. Would you dare to ask God today to lay some lost
person on your heart? Maybe He already has. Ask Him, "God, go ahead and break my heart for the people within my reach who do
not have You." And then invest yourself in what Jesus did. He came "to seek and to save those who are lost." If you share
your light, they’ll find Him too! Listen: Too many people are
slipping away, falling, crashing because there is no salt making a difference
where they are. Please, if you know Jesus, be where you are needed the most! Luke 14:34, “Salt is excellent. But if
the salt goes flat, it’s useless, good for nothing. “Are you listening to this?
Really listening?” (MSG) Today Determine to Taste Like Salt, and Look Like
Light!
