Daily Prayer - Salt of the Earth

Good Tuesday morning, my friends.

 

I trust and pray you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend for God has given us much for which to be thankful!

 

 

In Matthew's Gospel Jesus calls us, the church, the "salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13).  So what does that mean?  There was obviously no refrigeration available during Biblical times, so salt was added to meat to keep it from spoiling.  Without salt, the meat would go bad, and quickly.  Try leaving some hamburger lying around on the counter for a few days or a week!  

 

So why would Jesus call us "salt"?  Well we, His church, are put here literally to keep the earth from spoiling.  Think about this – if someone forgot to put salt on the meat, and the meat went bad, would that person blame the meat?  Don't we do that when we look at society and see how "rotten" it has become?  We fail to see that the Church holds the responsibility of preserving (saving!) those who are around us.

 

So look around you (as I look around me) and see who we could sprinkle a little salt on today.

 

 

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Bruce

 

Sing a new song to the LORD! Everyone on this earth, sing praises to the LORD, sing and praise his name. Day after day announce, "The LORD has saved us!"

 

Tell every nation on earth, "The LORD is wonderful and does marvelous things! The LORD is great and deserves our greatest praise! He is the only God worthy of our worship. Other nations worship idols, but the LORD created the heavens. Give honor and praise to the LORD, whose power and beauty fill his holy temple."

 

Tell everyone of every nation, "Praise the glorious power of the LORD. He is wonderful! Praise him and bring an offering into his temple. Everyone on earth, now tremble and worship the LORD, majestic and holy."

 

Announce to the nations, "The LORD is King! The world stands firm, never to be shaken, and he will judge its people with fairness."

 

Tell the heavens and the earth to be glad and celebrate! Command the ocean to roar with all of its creatures and the fields to rejoice with all of their crops. Then every tree in the forest will sing joyful songs to the LORD.

 

He is coming to judge all people on earth with fairness and truth.

 

Psalm 96:1-13

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