”Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.“
Colossians 4:5-6 KJV
Paul’s injunction to the church at Colossae and to us down the ages, is to walk in the wisdom of God as we live before the unbelievers, and make it our duty to make Him known. Let every word we speak be drenched with grace and tempered with truth and clarity. For then we will be prepared to give a respectful answer to anyone who asks about our faith. Paul says that it is so important how we live amongst those who don’t believe in Christ, it is like living in the wilderness! But he says by the Holy Spirit, to make a full commitment to Christ, giving it all we’ve got. Let our every conversation be dripping with grace and compassion, friendly, clear and making people thirsty for truth. Jesus Himself said that our lives are like salt among the people. But if we, like salt, become bland, how can our ‘saltiness’ be restored? Flavorless salt is good for nothing and will be thrown out and trampled on by others. So let’s learn to reflect Jesus in and through our lives as He dwells in us. Amen!
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