Salt of the earth (2)

"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men (Matt. 5:13 NKJV).

Another very important attribute of salt that we’ll be considering today is its use as a preservative. We may have all seen people in the rural areas use salt as a preservative for storing ‘dry fish’ and ‘dry meat’. Salt was also believed to be a remedy for  the much dreaded Ebola disease to the point that so many people bathed with salt. 

If we are truly the salt of the earth, then there should be something about us that heals and preserves. We must be those that manifest our mandate from Mark 16:18- they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."(NKJV) 

We can also bring healing and preservation by being honest; upholding the truth at all times. If 30% of the professing Christians in Nigeria are salt indeed, nobody will brand us ‘fantastically corrupt’. We can remove moral and social decadence from our land when we become salt. 

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You (Psalm 25:21 NKJV).
Integrity and uprightness must be part of our lives if we are salt and that’s the only time we can preserve the world from decaying…from eroding.

Daniel’s uprightness and integrity were part of the reasons God used him in Babylon, the way He did. Daniel was such a man who carried God’s power to the point that God used him to preserve the dynasty of the Babylonians starting from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar to that of Darius. Also, the salt he carried preserved the lives of his fellow astrologers when the others couldn’t interpret the king’s forgotten dream. 

If you and I can become salt indeed, the problems of our communities will be half solved.

Prayer Point 

Lord, please make me salt indeed. I want to be able to heal and preserve.