The Power Of Salt

“Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.”  Mark 9:50

I read this again this morning and thought, “What effect does salt have on meat?”   So I googled it.  Salt draws out the moisture in the meat and tenderizes it and preserves it.  It also seasons or flavors the meat.  

The disciples had just been arguing over who would be the greatest in the kingdom. Think about the arguments you’ve heard around you lately.  Don’t they all kind of boil down to that—even if it’s not really posed that way?  (We can be really sneaky!)  We want to be first, best, prominent, greatest, favorite, highest, popular...and on and on.  Young adults have even gone to having “influencers”  on social media to promote themselves—to be first.  Have they been watching us promote ourselves and taken it to excess??

Jesus told his disciples to give up that nonsense.  The greatest would be the servant.  The last would be first. He basically said, “Be seasoned!! Love one another.  Bless one another.  Don’t promote yourself. Be tender with one another. Think of others as better than yourself.  Season or flavor the world around you with love and humility. Be the salt that preserves—live at peace with one another.”

I don’t think He’s changed his mind.