Open Heaven for Today 23 January 2020: [Thursday] – Salt of the Earth
SALT OF THE EARTH – Thursday January 23rd 2020
Memorise: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost 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
Read Luke 14:34 (KJV)
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Bible in one year: Genesis 32-34, Hymn: Sing hymn 22
Message:-
The statement “You are the salt of the earth” means that without you, the earth cannot be sweet. Hence, the sweetness of this world depends on you.
Open Heaven for Today 23 January 2020 – Salt of the Earth
One of the ways by which you can be like salt in your world is through the words of your mouth. Colossians 4:6 says:
“Let your speech be away with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
Always speak soothing words to the downtrodden, never use harsh and abusive words and ensure your words are healing rather than killing those who hear them.
Open Heaven for Today 23 January 2020: [Thursday] – Salt of the Earth
Another way to be the salt of the earth is to show kindness to others. Your little act of kindness is a great factor in making the world a sweet place for some other person(s) to live in. In Matthew 25:34-46, there is a list of people to whom you are expected to always show kindness. These include the hungry, the prisoners, the sick, those who have no clothes and so on.
If you don’t do these things, then you have lost your savour and Jesus said in Matthew 5:13 that salt that has lost it savour is good for nothing but should be cast out and trodden under the foot of men. You may say: But this world is very wicked place, how can I use nice words and perform kind acts in such a place?
Open Heaven for Today 23 January 2020 Thursday: Prayer Point
Well, that is exactly the point. When you cook a cup of rice, you don’t add a cup of salt to it. The salt is always little compared to the rice. You should not expect the whole world to be salt too; it is your duty to influence others with your savour and bring out the sweetness in them. You cannot afford to become bitter just because others around you are.
Remain the salt of the earth. Don’t be weary in doing good. Your reward will surely come if you don’t give up (Galatians 6:9)
Prayer Point
Lord, please have mercy on me for all the times that I lost my savour. I promise from now on to remain as salt even in this wicked world.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
