This week, there’s no farm beneath our feet.
We just arrived in St. Augustine, Florida — the oldest city in America — with all of our kids and grandkids. We barely have the bags unpacked. But the second we stepped outside, the warm sunlight and salt air hit us and I just smiled.
Because this week’s devotional is about salt and light.
You can’t be near the ocean and not feel it. It’s on your skin, in your hair, in every breath. And the light here — even on a rainy day — streams through the clouds. It’s undeniable.
I don’t think that’s an accident. God has a way of putting you right inside the lesson.
Matthew chapters 5–7 — the Sermon on the Mount — is Jesus at His most direct. He’s not telling parables here. He’s laying out exactly how the Kingdom of God is meant to operate on earth: a glimpse, a sneak preview, of Heaven — and what it looks like when God’s will is actually done here, in our ordinary lives, the way it’s done there.
In Matthew 5:13–16, Jesus uses two simple, everyday metaphors to tell His followers exactly why they are here and what He wants them to do.
Be the Salt of the earth.
Salt is a preservative. It prevents decay. When Jesus calls us the salt of the earth, He’s saying our lives are meant to be a moral compass — preserving God’s goodness and character in the world around us. In Christ, we are called to right living, to be the polar opposite of the moral corruption we encounter every single day.
But salt also does something else. It gives flavor.
Here, Jesus is saying we are to provide the taste of God-likeness in the world. As faithful followers of Christ, we are called to stand up and speak out when things aren’t right, aren’t fair, aren’t just. Our lives — the way we talk, the way we treat people, the way we live matters.
Be the Light of the world.
Light shines. Light eliminates darkness. And light, by its very nature, cannot be hidden — it is always on public display.
When Jesus calls us the light of the world, He is calling us to be beacons of hope in a world that is dark and noisy and exhausting. We are to reveal the truth of God — generously, openly — through the way we actually live. Our lives are meant to be a public display that points others to Him: demonstrating Christ’s love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness not as a performance, but as the natural overflow of a life devoted and surrendered to Him.
God-flavor. God-colors.
In the Kingdom of God, we are called to be both — the seasoning and the light. Our lives are meant to reflect Jesus Christ and direct others toward Him. We are His witnesses. We are the living demonstration of what God can do in and for anyone who will turn their heart and mind over to Him.
Complete forgiveness. Redemption. Reconciliation. Grace, mercy, love, joy, peace, and eternal hope.
Through our lives, we become the turning point that directs others to Him.
This week, in your relationship with Jesus Christ, remind yourself what it means to be the flavor of God-likeness — and to be His light bearer in your work, your home, and your world.
Pass on the Good News.
Now that’s BombDiggity.
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