CAN YOU PLEASE PASS THE SALT?
- NC MEDIA DEPARTMENT
- Feb 6
- 3 min read
Hunger overtakes your body, and suddenly you’re faced with a decision: Where am I going to eat? You choose a place, place your order, and when the meal arrives it looks perfect, warm, colorful, appetizing. But then you take the first bite… and something is missing. It needs salt. No matter how beautiful the presentation, no matter how carefully it was prepared, without seasoning the meal falls flat. Who wants to continue eating something that lacks flavor?
This simple moment mirrors a deep spiritual truth. The world is full of people who look fine on the outside, smiling, functioning, moving through life, but something essential is missing on the inside. They are hungry for meaning, thirsty for hope, starving for peace. And God has entrusted us with the missing ingredient. We are the ones called to “feed the flock of God, not just in word, but also in deed.” We are the salt carriers, the ones who bring flavor, preservation, and the presence of Christ into every environment.
The Word of God invites us, “O taste and see that the Lord is good.” Psalm 34:8. When Christ is the head of your life, everything you do carries the right amount of seasoning, love, joy, peace, goodness. You don’t have to force it. You don’t have to pretend. When Jesus is your source, your life naturally becomes a testimony that awakens spiritual hunger in others.
So go into the world and share the Bread of Life, offering Jesus to those who are searching, hurting, or simply unaware that something is missing. As you pour out what God has placed in you, you help others discover the One who satisfies every longing and leads us into eternal life.
Take a momment and reflect on the 10 Scriptures and Practical Applications to Help You Season the World, with the salt of God.
1. Matthew 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth.”
Application: Stay spiritually alert. Ask God each morning to make you usable and available.
2. Psalm 34:8, “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Application: Share your testimony. Someone needs to hear what God has done for you.
3. Galatians 5:22–23, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”
Application: Practice one fruit intentionally each day. Let it shape your interactions.
4. Colossians 4:6, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.”
Application: Pause before speaking. Choose words that heal, not harm.
5. John 6:35, “I am the bread of life.”
Application: Offer spiritual nourishment. Share scripture, not just opinions.
6. 1 Peter 3:15, “Be ready always to give an answer for the hope that is in you.”
Application: Prepare a simple faith statement you can share in 30 seconds.
7. Romans 12:21, “Overcome evil with good.”
Application: Respond to negativity with kindness. Shift the atmosphere.
8. Philippians 4:7, “The peace of God… will guard your hearts and minds.”
Application: Carry peace into every room. Be the calm in the storm.
9. John 13:34, “Love one another as I have loved you.”
Application: Do one unexpected act of love today.
10. Ephesians 5:1–2, “Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us.”
Application: Let love lead your decisions. Ask, “Does this reflect Christ?”
CONCLUSION: “BE THE SEASONING THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR”
Every day, someone you meet is sitting in front of a life that looks full but tastes empty. They are searching for meaning, craving peace, longing for joy, and hungering for something real. God has positioned you, not by accident, but by divine assignment, to carry the seasoning they’re missing. You are the salt. You are the light. You are the vessel through which others will taste and see that the Lord is good.
When you walk in love, when you speak with grace, when you respond with peace, when you choose goodness over bitterness, you are sprinkling the presence of Jesus into places that desperately need Him. And as you feed the flock of God, not just in word but also in deed, your life becomes a living invitation to the Bread of Life.
So go into the world with confidence. Go with compassion. Go with readiness. Let your life be the seasoning that awakens spiritual hunger and points every heart toward the One who satisfies completely. And as you pour out what God has placed in you, may others discover the joy, the hope, and the eternal life found only in Jesus Christ.
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