Salt of the Covenant!


Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.


Leviticus 2:13


Our local discount club sells a plastic bag of 1200 individual salt packets for $1.87! That is about as close as “here have some salt for almost free” as you can get. Salt is an essential part of our diet and especially our taste buds. Salt brings out the flavor of food.


But when you leave out the salt as you prepare a meal everyone will notice!


The Bible tells me to add the “salt of the covenant of God” to all my offerings. What could that really mean? I might say: “We don’t do sacrifices anymore so this does not apply.” Perhaps it applies even more. Today the things that I give to God are not burned on an altar. The money, time, effort and all other resources I give to God are used to bless others. If you went to Church on Sunday and the offering plate was taken to the front and all the money burned on an altar, how much would you contribute? Did it cross your mind that if we did that we would all pay by check?


That which we offer to God becomes a blessing to others. But do you include the “salt of the covenant of your God” with the offering? Do you proclaim that God has an agreement and relationship with you?


There is perhaps the paramount temptation for followers of Jesus. When I make some sacrifice that benefits others do I point to God as the one who should receive the glory for my work? Or do I simply accept the thanks and praise of others?


Remember when someone called Jesus a “good teacher” he immediately pointed out the Goodness of God rather than accept the compliment.


As you go through this day and bless those around you don’t forget to include the “salt of the covenant of your God!”