Tuesday 7 Jun 2022

June 7: Matthew 5:13-16

Key Verse: Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

Devotion:
Do people think of you as being different in any way? We could be said to be different in good or bad ways, so let’s stick to being different in some good ways! It is good to stand out as being different because people will notice you, hence sticking to being good – the last thing you want is to be known as being bad...

I believe we should be different as Christians, we should stand out from the crowd and people should know why we stand out. God wants us to be noticed in our communities as the people who are different for a reason – not just different because we dress up differently or talk a different language, but because we reach out to people in a different way from everyone else.

The thing is you don’t have to be that different. Salt is something many of us take for granted and we add it on food without thinking. Light is something we take for granted too – we know the sun will come up in the morning and allow us to see what we have to to get through our day. But those things are different…

God wants us to be the difference in the world. He allowed Jesus to stand out from the crowd as the man who was very different to everyone else before Him. He came to be the same as us – a human person, but He came to be very different so people would notice. You can be different in you own way.

Points to Ponder:
Do you want to make a difference?

Will you stand out and be different?