HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth,” my Master says.

Salt is diffusive. It spreads itself rapidly through the substance with which it is mingled. Thus should it be with the grace of Christ in my soul. It ought to go forth through succeeding generations, forward through the ages of eternity. It ought to spread itself in ever-widening circles until only the eye of God is able to trace it — until nothing but the apocalypse of the great day will reveal its extent to me.

Salt is preserving. It has the power to prevent corruption and decay. Just so, I should be a means of saving the earth from moral putrefaction and death. Not only for my sake should the poor defiled world continue to live in God’s sight — but by my effort too. I must rebuke and deny my besetting sins. I must remind others of neglected duty. I must compel them to pay tribute to Christ and His law.

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Salt is health-giving. The use of it is needed if the body is to live and grow. So I should be seasoning my whole neighbourhood with wholesome piety — by making the truth known, by exhibiting the beauty of holiness, by intercessory prayer, by persuasive and heaven-taught speech. Like Andrew, I must bring my brother to Jesus. Like Paul, I must travail in birth until Christ is formed in souls.

Let me be careful that the salt in me does not lose its savour. What if I should be growing cold and unprofitable?