Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional for Today March 14, 2025

TOPIC: BELIEVERS AS SALT AND LIGHT OF THE EARTH

TEXT: Matthew 5:13-16(NKJV)

• 5:13. ” 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.
• 5:14. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
• 5:15. “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all [who are] in the house.
• 5:16. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

STUDY:

Jesus taught his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Today, the world is filled with wickedness, brutality, immorality, corruption and disasters, and this has made the world tasteless and full of darkness.

At one time or the other, we must experience these works of the devil and feel distressed. However, we must remember that Jesus came to destroy theworks of the devil, so He has invested his nature and power in believers to salvage this evil world.

This is why salt and light are used as metaphors to describe how believers are expected to live in the world. While salt serves as a flavour, enhancer and preservative, light on the other hand gives direction and exposes danger points to be avoided.

In the same manner, believers must showcase God’s glory in their little corners. We should give flavour to and preserve the world by our character so that life generally will be meaningful. We must also help to bring out the good flavour in the life of others. As light, we must give direction and expose ungodly behaviour.

When we do not produce godly effect on the world, we become like salt that has lost its flavour and has become good for nothing (v.13). Let us therefore be challenged to be salt and light to the world in need.

PRAYER:

Father; I need your grace to serve as salt and light to the world. Amen!

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