Dailies ~ In
His Word
May 7, 2019
Are you an old salt?
Salt is used
to bring out the flavor of foods also as a preservative.
God’s Word
uses it in many places to exemplify how are to speak and how we are to be
strong in the words we use to draw others to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ,
but even more so to speak with kindness.
Let your speech always be with
grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer
each one. Colossians 4:6
Does your
speech draw out other person’s flavors? In other words, do you speak with
kindness or are you ‘snarky’? It makes a difference how you say it.
For example: “What
do you want?” or “What do you want?” It can be said either way.
When we speak
we need to be sure that our words are not harsh, though there is a time to draw
out the infection the salt is painful if applied wrongly. It is best when mixed
with warm water and stirred.
Sometimes when
the words of our mouth are spoken in harsh reality it can be done soflty, and
goes smoothly in to someone’s heart and there is health from it. It can also
sting like salt in an open wound.
We need to
remember that we are to be a light, full of salty flavor that brings life, not
death with the power of our words!
“You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it
has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and
trampled underfoot as worthless. Matthew 5:12-14
We need to stay fresh in the Word and not become old salt! We want our words to be strong and good!
Heavenly Father, help us to speak as gentle salt that
flavors our food and not the seawater strength of heaviness. Temper our speech with
love. In Jesus name, amen.
Teresa M.
Wilson