Be Salty

Are you salty? What does it mean to be salty? Are you using a current definition for being salty? Do you know what it meant two-thousand years ago? Do you think you would have been considered salty two-thousand years ago? Would you be at peace if you were salty?

In today’s vernacular, being salty means you are upset or angry. As a Marine, being salty means you have extensive experience. If we meet one of these definitions, it is not good. If we meet the other, it can be good. But neither of these definitions were used by the first century church.

Jesus says we are to be salty according to the meaning used two-thousand years ago by the early church. He means we are to provide a positive flavor or seasoning to the world. After all, do we not put salt on the vegetables and meats we fix for our dinner’s, so they taste better? We do. We put salt on almost every food and in every dish we make. We even put salt into cakes.

Making the world a better place, having a positive impact on those we encounter, is what Jesus intends with His statement. Additionally, it is by going through our own trials that we can offer valuable advice to others when they are going through trials. Therefore, when we are going through difficult times, we should seek to learn all we can. By learning and sharing what we learn, we become the salt that seasons properly as Jesus wants us to do.

I pray we all seek to learn lessons from our trials. I pray we understand what it means to be salty by Jesus’ definition. I pray each one of us will be a positive influence on everyone we encounter. Learn from trials. Use Jesus’ salty definition. Be a positive influence. Have a positive impact.

Mark 9:49-50 “For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”