19
Aug '21
Seize the Moment – Day 520
19
Aug '21
The Covenant of Salt!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, August 19.
Have you heard someone say that a certain person was worth his or her weight in salt?
That idiom speaks of a person having great value, as being competent and worthwhile, excellent in what they do, worthy of his or her wages.
Salt has always been an important commodity in trade, but did you know that it has also had importance in worship? Leviticus 2 teaches us about the grain offering and verse 13 highlights this point,
“Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.”
With salt being a valuable preservative in ancient times it symbolized the enduring nature of a covenant. We see this in Numbers 18:19,
“All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your descendants with you.”
Furthermore, King David received his kingdom from the Lord by a covenant of salt. Listen to 2 Chronicles 13:5,
“Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?”
Therefore, we need to pay special attention to Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:13a, “You are the salt of the earth.” Through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary you have entered a better and eternal way with God—the everlasting covenant of salt.
Seize the moment and live as one who has been salted with grace and truth. May you live at peace with God, yourself, and one another (Mark 9:50).
God bless your day!
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