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

How salty are you? No, I am not inquiring concerning your sodium content, but of your Jesus content.

Jesus tells us as believers that we are the salt of the earth. How is this so?

We are the savor of Jesus in this world. In other terms, we are reflections of Jesus in a world that does not know Him. People should be able to see and taste and smell, so to speak, Jesus and His teaching in us!

How can we lose our flavor? By not being faithful followers of Jesus!

If we do not abide in Jesus by trusting in Him for forgiveness and life, and walk close to Him by continuing in His Word, how can we taste like Jesus in this world? If we compromise the truth and conform to the ways of the world, if we don’t live the truth or keep it hidden away in our hearts, we are like salt which has lost its flavor. What good is it? It is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. How can you be a witness for Christ if you do not taste like Him, smell like Him, sound like Him and live like Him in this world?

Jesus tells us: “Ye are the salt of the earth….” Walk closely with Jesus so that you can be a savor of Him in this world! Let your words and your life be a testimony to Jesus and the salvation He has won for all by His innocent sufferings and death upon the cross!

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior and Redeemer from sin and death, grant that I walk closely with You and abide in Your Word that I might also be a savor of You in this world. Amen.

[Devotion by Randy Moll. Scripture from the King James Version of the Bible.]

For the Record, Pages 4 on 02/09/2011