Salt, to be effective, must be applied to food to bring out the flavor. When Salt is applied to manure it breaks down the manure and makes fertilizer. Like Miracle Gro the salt must be applied.
I have a package of Miracle Gro which I used on my flowers this past spring. I’m supposed to use it every two weeks but I became too busy this summer. Needless to say, my flowers didn’t flourish like they did the year before. I had smaller plants and less blooms. I knew what I had done but it just wasn’t a priority.
As disciples of Christ, to be effective, we need to interact with our culture in order to influence dynamic change and growth in others. We can’t do it in our pews or within the walls of the church. All our meetings and Bible studies among other disciples doesn’t impact the culture by itself. We have to take what we are learning and put it into practice with the people of our culture. We need to share our lives with unbelievers instead of staying away from them for fear that their unbelief will rub off on us.
The Great Commission tells us to “go” and doesn’t ask the unbeliever to “come”. Visiting neighbors, having lunch with co-workers, interacting during break times, inviting the unbeliever into our circle of influence are small things we can do to interact with our culture.
Unfortunately, many Christians shun the unsaved for fear the unbeliever will influence them. They don’t apply the Miracle Gro. Disciples with godly character are dynamic and contagious and have a positive influence on the unbeliever. We are to be change agents in the world. Let us resolve to make being salt and light a priority.
Lord, give us the courage to be light and salt in our world.
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