Matthew 5: 13-20

"You're the salt of the earth!But if the salt becomes tasteless, how is it going to get salty again?... You're the light of the world! A city can't be hidden if it's on top of a hill...."

This passage could be call the "Walk the Walk" commandment. Christ is calling us to live a covenant life. That is he is saying that all that God, through the Prophets and the Word, has taught us about how to live is still there, unchanged, in force but now through Christ we can truly make it a reality. Anyone can quote the rules and tell you what is just and right, but living not just the letter of the law but the spirit of God's Promise requires more.

Many who understand the letter of the law do well in a black and white world, but falter when trying operate in the grayness of reality. Jesus came to help us sharpen the contrast so that we can better live in relationship with God and our Neighbors. Salt not only preserves food, but sharpens the flavor so that we can better experience taste. Watered down salt neither preserves or sharpens the flavor of food.

In this "upside down world" the our lives should shine like a light so that others can see the benefits of Living in God's Grace. If receiving God's forgiveness and his direction for a righteous life does not change us in a way that others can see the rightness of it are we truly living in God's Kingdom. We have to " Walk that Walk" .

God, It is so much easier to just keep doing the same old things we have always done and to just Keep asking for forgiveness than it is to truly change. I truly need your help to walk in a new way, to love in a new way, and to forgive wholly and truly. Help me to change. Amen