Have you ever had food, and it just lacked flavor? In Haitian culture, when food doesn’t have flavor, one can say, “Li manke sel,” or “It doesn’t have enough salt.” But for one to know that li manke sel, the food that is, they have to know what food tastes like. The same can be in our relationship with Christ: in order for someone to know that we’re salty, s/he must have some sort of understanding of what salt is.
Hey everyone! It’s your girl Julie, and we’re back with another segment of “Salty & Lit.” In today’s post, we’re going to be talking about our identity as being salt. Let’s pray.
Dear Father, thank You for making us salt and light. Help us to know Your truth that Your identity shapes us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
In Matthew 5:13, it says, “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet” (ESV). That means our identity on this earth is salt, that means we add something to the world. This world is dark, and our identity as salty people causes us to live differently - the way God wants us to. It causes us to be different from the norm and shine God’s light wherever we go.
Friend, you are called to be salt, but in all this, you have to know what salt is in order to function like that. The only way to truly know how to operate in salty nature is to spend time with the Father. He will let you know to live in your day-to-day. But Julie, I don’t know how to do that. That’s exactly why I have “Conversations with Abba,” a resource to help you grow in friendship with the Father.
The only way to be salty is to be with the one who created you salty, so my friend, my encouragement to you is to spend time with the King, your Heavenly Father to learn more about Him and more about yourself.
Talk to you soon! 🧡
