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Are you a pillar of salt or salt of the earth?

I ask the question because I recently read the story of Lot again. I started to think about a pillar of salt versus being the salt of the earth. In the book of Genesis is a story of Lot. He was the nephew of Abraham. He had gone to Sodom and Gomorrah and started to build a life.

God found that there were not any righteous people there and was determined to destroy the city. He told Lot to take his family and leave, not looking back.

Gen 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.  23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.  24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;  25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.  26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

God sent angels to warn Lot that God was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. God told Lot to escape quickly because he could not do anything until he was gone from that place. God told them to go and not to look back. As they were leaving, Lots’ wife looked behind and turned into a pillar of salt.

We do not even know her name, but we know of her disobedience to God’s command. It is an example for us to not take the commandments of God lightly. We cannot be sure why she looked back. Some say it was that she was longing for the material things she left behind. Others say that she left married daughters there and was afraid for their lives. Some say she looked back just to see the destruction out of curiosity.

I guess the reason really doesn’t matter, it is the lesson we can take from Lot’s wife. Disobedience has consequences. Even if God doesn’t turn us into a pillar of salt. Sometimes the things we do in disobedience can get us stuck in a place as if we were turned into a pillar of salt. We can get so bound that we are unable to move from that spot. We cannot go forward and we cannot go backward, we are stuck in the chains of the enemy. Being set free so we can move forward takes a lot of prayer and deliverance from the shackles the enemy puts on us when we are disobedient.

Phil 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Forgetting those things that are behind doesn’t mean you will not have a memory of what is behind. It means to make a conscience decision to not dwell on the past. We need to be reaching, extending our hands to take hold of what God has for us in this season of life. We can press on to the things God has in store for us. We sometimes have ideas of the way our life will work out. When it doesn’t go the way we think or wish, we need to allow the plan to fade away and look forward.

We do not want to remember the things behind us and turn around. There is no reason to turn to the past. There is no reason to look back; God has set us free. If we were happy with our sins, we would not have looked for Jesus in the first place. We do not want to be a pillar of salt, unable to move away from our sin. Jesus came and we have a better way.

Matt 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Jesus says we are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its flavor, it is not good for anything. Salt is a seasoning that makes everything taste better. It can also be used as a preservative.

Colossians 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Jesus is what makes us the salt of the earth. We are here to share the seasoning of God’s word. It is the spiritual preservative the world needs.  We can have an effect on others by being around them and allowing them to see Jesus.

He has made us light and salt to help others see they need Jesus. Imagine sitting down to dinner and the food being good but lacking salt. Once a little salt is added it tastes better. Peoples lives are like that, sometimes they just need a little salt. They need us to show a little light and share Jesus with them.

Each of us has a choice to make every day. Are we going to look forward or look back? We have to choose every day to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Many places, different leaders, prophetS and teachers have said “Choose this day who you will serve.” God or the things of the world, the little false gods.

So, I ask the question I started with, do you choose to be a pillar of salt or are you the salt of the earth?

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

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