Salt and Light: Are We Different Enough to Matter?
Part of the “Surrender All” Series on the Sermon on the Mount
This week Donny’s continuing through the Sermon on the Mount, and he lands on something that’s been rattling around in my head all week.
Jesus tells His followers: “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.”
Not “try to be.” Not “work toward becoming.” You are.
But then He says something that stings a little—salt that loses its saltiness gets thrown out. It’s useless. And light hidden under a bowl? What’s the point?
So here’s the tension Donny digs into: Have we become so much like everyone else that nobody can tell the difference? Or have we pulled back so far from the world that we’re not actually reaching anyone?
Salt doesn’t work from across the room. Light doesn’t help if you hide it. They have to be in the thing they’re supposed to change.
Donny uses this word “embedded”—like a journalist attached to a military unit. Right there in the middle of it. Not watching from a safe distance.
That’s the question this week: What would it look like for us to live like we’re embedded in our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our families? Not preachy. Not isolated. Just… present. Different enough to matter.
It’s a good one. Worth sitting with.
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Series: Surrender All — Living a Jesus-Filled Life
