BBD 09.09.15 Where is the Salt? (Classic)
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
Classic
from 2008
09.09.15
Where is
the Salt?
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. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill
cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a
lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so
shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in
heaven. - Matthew 5:13-16 NKJV.
In August 2008, Russia had invaded and was attacking the
democratic nation of Georgia. I asked then, “Will the nations of the free world
stand by and allow the destruction of Georgia? If so, which free nation will
next fall to the Russians?” We now know the next nation Russia would attack
would be the Ukraine. Edmond Burke said it well when he said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing.” Albert
Einstein said much the same, “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but
because of those who look on and do nothing.”
In a television special on June 6, 1994, observing the
D-Day invasion, General Norman Schwarskopf and Dan Rather were walking through
the US cemetery on the Normandy coast and General
Schwarskopf reflected on the sacrifices of the soldiers
buried there. He said, “We should
live to make this world worth dying for.” There seemed to be doubt in those words as to whether or
not General Schwarskopf really thought this world was worth dying for at least
at that time.
There does appear to be a moral decay in this world that
is ever increasing. The level of immorality reminds me of the statement made in
the last verse of the book of Judges (Judges
21:25), “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.” The book of
Judges records the result of that kind of attitude.
The only thing restraining God’s hand of Judgment upon
this world is those Christians, who are the salt of the earth and the light of
the world. Just as salt acts as a preservative in meat and prevents decay and
spoilage so do Christians. Christians sprinkled across this world act as a
moral preservative preventing or slowing further decay and in some situations
even bringing restoration. But sadly there seems to not be enough salt and the
decay continues.
Why were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed? It was a wicked
place, yes - but also because there were not even ten righteous people in the
place. Not enough salt and what salt it had, Lot, seemed to have lost his
savor, his effectiveness.
Does it make any difference how you live your life? Yes,
it does! You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Does it make any difference, whether you come to church
all the time or just when you happen to feel like it? Of course it makes a
difference. Your neighbors know when they hear your car start up and drive by
their houses on Sunday morning and when they see you come home with Bibles in
hand, they know.
Does it make any difference, whether or not you pray and
read your Bible? Of course it does! You don’t want to lose your savor, your
effectiveness, your influence for the Lord do you?
Does it make any difference, whether or not you ever tell
anyone about Jesus, give someone a tract, and invite them to church? Of course
it does! How will there ever be any more salt! How will there ever be any more
light! If we don’t win more people to the Lord?
It makes a difference how each one of us lives our life.
We should live our lives to make this world worth dying for. You and I are the
salt of the earth and the light of the world.
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