It's The Season for Seasoning

Watch the Food Network enough and you’ll hear many colorful catch-phrases on how to season up a dish. Many herbs and spices are utilized to obtain a desired effect: sweet, spicy, hot, sour, tangy, earthy…whatever it takes to get the desired result. Emeril puts it in very simple terms.. “Bam!”

God’s Word puts it quite simply as well: “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Col 4:6 NIV

Beautiful and simple as that is, there is also a deeper Christian tenet running through what God is telling us. "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 by men.” Matt 5:13 NIV

Now that’s really getting to the heart of what we—as Christians—are all about. We’re here on this planet to be noticed. Our obligation is to share and express God’s Word in a manner that makes an impact. Matthew is pretty clear about it: If you end up bland with no effect on people, what good are you?

That’s a pretty tough reality to digest (no pun intended). But, truly, when you think about it…why are we really on this planet? God wants relationships with His creation—pure and simple. He can’t have a relationship if His creation denies Him or is oblivious to Him. This is our job. Spread the gospel and do it in a way that makes them notice.

The next time you prepare a meal or throw something on the grill, pick up that salt…that seasoning…and remember that this simple act of livening up your food is exactly what you and I should be doing in this world.

Greg Morton
© April 22, 2009