Yesterday we discussed Jesus' call in the sermon on the mount for the people of God to be salt and light. We said that salt, by it's very nature, cannot help but change and add value to it's environment. We also said that light, by it's very nature, cannot help but drive out darkness. When we live as salt and light, we are being what God created us to be: We were created to point the way to God.
Imagine what the world would be like if Christians took this mission very seriously, and themselves less so? What would it be like if every element of society was improved by our salt? What if all the darkness of our society was blasted out by the light of God? Take a moment to comment on how your immediate world-your workplace, school, neighborhood, etc.-would be changed by salt and light.
One great aspect of taking our mission seriously is that we don't have to take ourselves so seriously. Jesus says that when we let our light shine, people will see our good deeds and praise God. Learning to laugh at ourselves will help us take the focus off ourselves, and place it on the mission of God.
For some scholarly takes on the idea of being salt of the earth, you can read some articles
here and
here; and try
here for more on the ideas on being the light of the world.
