We woke up Sunday morning to more snow, which is typical of a January day! I've always thought the snow was beautiful, but I admit I'm looking forward to some warmer days this week and especially looking forward to the warm days of summer!
We had a lot of kids in Sunday School yesterday! Usually, on a typical Sunday, we have from 6-8 kids. Yesterday, we had 12. It was a bit crazy but a lot of fun! It was nice to have Eric and Jazmin join us from the Link Church!
Typically, yesterday would have been a work day for us. From about 2 - 8 we work on whatever current project we have going in the church; sanding, painting, putting doors up, light fixtures, cleaning etc. We decided to take the day off. It was nice to have the evening open to chill!
We had a "guest speaker" yesterday morning - Ralph Dixon. He reminded us that we are the salt of the earth.
He talked about the fact that there are diets or fasts you can do where you eliminate all salt from your food. It doesn't take but one meal to show you how much salt is used to bring out the flavor in your food! Without salt, most food is tasteless and therefore not very appealing to eat. After several days of eating food with no salt, you suddenly grow a new love for it. When the diet or fast is over and you invite someone over for dinner, you may decide you want to just serve up a plate of salt!
The scripture in Matt 5:13 says:
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.
As we serve in the Church, it is easy to get weary in well doing. We get caught up in the work of the church, teaching various classes, doing a building program, cleaning, music, youth, fundraisers... the list could go on. It becomes easy to get bogged down from the busyness, and we loose the joy in working for the Lord. As we serve the Lord in these different areas of the church, it should be viewed as worship to Him. But many times we loose that in the whirlwind of busyness, and then we loose our savor. If we have no savor, then we have no appeal to the lost world. Just like food without salt, no flavor - no appeal.
Our lives no longer reflect a saviour to a lost world, but it reflects someone who is bogged down and exhausted! (maybe even crabby and impatient).
As the salt of the earth, we get our savor from our Savior - Jesus Christ! But if we are weighed down so much from the tasks of the day that we have no time to spend with the Savior in a time of prayer and time in His word, then we will begin to loose our savor.
Stay close to the Savior and you won't loose your savor!
~May your day be salted with the love of our Savior Jesus Christ~
{excerpt taken from "Beyond the Veil" by Alice Smith}
ReplyDelete"Salt that has lost its saltiness (flavor) takes on the taste of the food that it's mixed with" ...be careful not to take on the "flavor of the world"!
Great topic for teaching that Bro. Dixon chose! :-}