This really hit home for me. The gospels assume that we are a certain kind of person. We are who the Lord has made us to be, but we chose to be someone else. If we try and change who we are (who the Lord made us to be) then we lose our salty flavor. And if we lose our flavor, then we will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
Lately I've been in a rough battle. Dealing with things I never thought I'd ever have to deal with after I decided to pick up my cross and follow Christ. I (my flesh) wants me to be a completely different person that the Lord has called me to be. I want to give up and stop caring about everything. But then the Lord always finds ways to show me who I really am. Who he made me to be. Like the last time He did this, he used one of my friends to show me this scripture. My friend was completely oblivious to what was going on my life.
"Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don't let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires." Romans 13:13-14
Who I am is who the Lord wants me to be. I'm tired of trying to change myself. I want to be the salt of the earth.
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