SALT OF THE EARTH

   

One of salt’s ability that easily comes to mind is in its ability to act as a preservative. As Christians we are called to act as a preservative to our world, we are called to save a dying world. What happens when it is noticed that the so-called salt was unable to prevent from decay but even adds to the rottenness already on ground, ironic isn’t it?

Many of us Christian have loose our saltiness and the kind of stench emanating from us “the useless salt” is even greater than that of the rotten world we are called to preserve. Most of what we see are Christians by assumption, birth and religion, Christians who bask in the euphoria of “our father’s “ exploits, whose egoistic and calm “all is well” assumption gives a false preview of their spiritual status (at least a useless salt is also white in color as the good one), Christians who prefer to drown to death than cry for help, who bogusly sit on the seat of mediocrity hoping the tides of event would favor us in as much as we are in the dispensation of grace. Nothing differentiating our gathering with that of the world (except one is always held on Sundays),we don’t treat world’s offer with the contempt and disdain it deserves but stylishly embrace and accept it so as not to hurt its giver. We aren’t careful enough to observe the agony of this perishing world but we are easily swayed by its fake grin. After all

How can a sick man save a dying world?

How can a “Lot” intercede for Sodom when we are busy looking for ways to justify its actions!!!

Can light and darkness ever call a truce or reach a compromise?

Loosing the axehead might not be the problem but covering it up and not crying for help seems to be the real undoing because the consequence of cutting a tree without its axehead is that we eventually tire out and the tree we are supposed to cut eventually serve as a shade to aid our comfort.

We need to humbly arise from the seat of mediocrity and cry out for help and live our lives indeed as Christians lest we all perish together.