These past few weeks I have been really busy. I am still trying to finish up school and have had no time to update my blog. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago my pastor was speaking on Joshuah 21 and he was talking about how we need to be the salt and light of the world; that when Christians clump together and just hang out with Christians it's like have too much salt on something. Like when you bake cookies you only put a pinch of salt in it, not 2 tablespoons, then the cookies would taste disgusting. Ever since that sermon salt and light has been coming up everywhere for me. In my morning Bible study, (I have one for school and I'm also going the through the book Unchristian, great book by the way) it has been talking about it so much. I'm just like, okay God are you trying to tell me something? Then today in my small group it came up again! We were studying Mathew 5:1-20, and the whole section on salt and light were in those verses. I think God has been trying to tell me something. (duh haha) Honestly, I'm not sure in a way. Like I think I know what He is trying to tell me, but at the same time I don't want to guess and have it just be me talking you know? I think that He has been trying to tell me that in order to be proper disciples of Christ we need to be the light of the world. We need to be the light to the hurting people, in the dark world we need to shine. Last night in youth group we sang the song, You Deserve by Hillsong. The chorus goes: "Now in the darkness, God's light shines, Christ forever glorified," and it keeps going. That's the main point, in the darkness God's light shines, we are appointed to be God's light and salt. We need to be sprinkled everywhere shining God's light. We need to be bold, who cares if being bold means getting out of our comfort zone? Why should we be afraid, when we have the God who created the universe love us unconditionally for who WE are? He loves US, He is our best friend. Too much salt in one area doesn't taste good, when Christians clump together we don't make any difference. Isn't that our purpose in this world? To make a difference in Christ's name and for Christ? I'm not saying that Christians never be together, not at all, we NEED to be together to build each other up and grow with each other. But we also need to balance that with being a light in the world. That's what has been on my heart lately, here is your love verse of the day:
"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." ~Ephesians 4:1-6
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