Be Salty

Mark 9:50 
Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other." (NLT) 

Salt enhances the food it is sprinkled on. Some of us use it plentifully and other sparingly. The medical doctors tell us that too much may be harmful to our heart by raising blood pressure and even hardening arteries.

If we look at verse 49, it reads "For everyone will be tested with fire." and doesn't John the Baptist say referring to Jesus in Luke 3:16 say "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." (Verse 49 in the Greek reads "salted with fire".)

When we become believers and are baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire, do we not become enhanced like salt enhances our food? And yet over time in this mortal existence we drift away from His influence and our salt begins to lose its flavor. We become complacent in our faith even if we do show up weekly at church.

The salt we were given when we received Jesus is kept fresh by our daily living under the influence of Holy Spirit. We are tested by fire each time He points us in one direction and we want to take another.

We salt each other as we band together with other Christians daily to build each other up in our actions and our prayer.

What are you doing today to remain salty?