August 13 Devotion - Your DNA in God - Part 7 - I am the salt & light of the earth

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

انتم ملح الارض .ولكن ان فسد الملح فبماذا يملح .لا يصلح بعد لشيء الا لان يطرح خارجا ويداس من الناس .

14 انتم نور العالم .لا يمكن ان تخفى مدينة موضوعة على جبل .

Matthew 5:13-14

Please note that Jesus never challenges us to become salt or light. He simply says that we are - and we are either fulfilling or failing that responsibility. Salt is needed because the world is rotting and decaying and if our Christianity is also rotting and decaying, it won't be any good. Light is needed because the world is in darkness, and if our Christianity imitates the darkness, we have nothing to show the world. To be effective we must seek to be Christlike in everything we say and do all the time.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, I pray that You make me more and more like Your Son so that I can fulfill the responsibility of being the salt and the light to everyone I am in contact with even if it is virtual in these social distancing times. I Thank You Lord that my DNA reveals that Jesus bought me with His precious blood and through Jesus’ redemptive work at The Cross I am granted access to You God, my Heavenly Father and I will spend eternity with You. To Him who is able to keep me from stumbling and to present me before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Saviour be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore. Amen. Jude 1:24-25.

وَلِلْقَادِرِ أَنْ يَحْرُسَكُمْ مِنَ السُّقُوطِ حَتَّى يُوصِلَكُمْ إِلَى الْمُثُولِ أَمَامَهُ فِي الْمَجْدِ مُبْتَهِجِينَ وَلا عَيْبَ فِيكُمْ. ²⁵ لِلهِ الْوَاحِدِ، مُخَلِّصِنَا بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ رَبِّنَا الْمَجْدُ وَالْجَلالُ وَالْقُدْرَةُ وَالسُّلْطَةُ، مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ كَانَ الزَّمَانُ، وَالآنَ وَطَوَالَ الأَزْمَانِ. آمِين!

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein