Monday, April 27th | Daily Devotion
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Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rockthat is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! For you, O God, have heard my vows;you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. -Psalm 61:1-5
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Good morning. Grace and peace be unto all of you, my Father’s children on this wonderful Monday.
We are continuing in our devotional series — and what better way to kick off a new week than with the words of Jesus straight from the Sermon on the Mount. These are not suggestions. They are marching orders — and they are as relevant for us today as they were for the disciples who first received them.
Matthew chapter five, verses 13 through 16.
Christ opens with two declarations of identity. Not become the salt of the earth. Not try to be the light of the world. He says you are. The identity is already established. The question is whether we are living up to it.
Salt is a remarkable thing when you think about everything it does. It preserves. It flavors. But here is the one that gets me — salt is also an igniter. Put salt on a fire and it does not dampen the flame. It makes it grow. And that is exactly what God is calling us to do in this moment. The Holy Ghost fire that is within us is lit up by our saltiness — and our saltiness is expressed in how we move, how we treat people, how we respond under pressure, how we love in public.
Because being a light to the world is not primarily about proclamation. It is about demonstration. I would rather see a sermon lived out than hear one any day. The light Christ is talking about is not the loudness of our declarations — it is the consistency of our lives. It is how people see us react when things go wrong. It is how people see us love when love is hard. It is the small, daily, unremarkable moments that add up to a testimony no podium is required to deliver.
We look at the world around us right now and it is not difficult to see that this is a moment that needs more light and more salt. Not more noise. More evidence. The kind that shows up in how we live our lives out loud in ordinary ways — ordinary ways that point to an extraordinary God.
So here is the charge for this Monday and for this week: How are you going to be salt? How are you going to let your light shine? Not in some grand gesture, but in the little things. In how you react. In how you forgive. In how you love out loud.
Let’s be salty. God bless you — have an incredible day. I will see you tomorrow.