Converge, Week 5

Day 2: Salt and Light in Action
Devotional
Salt preserves what’s good and adds flavor to what’s bland. Light exposes what’s hidden and guides what’s lost. Both create noticeable change in their environment. Too often, we’ve misunderstood our calling to mean we should blend in seamlessly with the world around us. But salt that doesn’t preserve has lost its purpose. Light that doesn’t illuminate serves no function. Our distinctiveness isn’t meant to make us arrogant - it’s meant to make us useful. When we engage our culture with biblical truth, we’re not being divisive for the sake of division. We’re fulfilling our God-given purpose. The world needs what we carry - the truth that brings life, hope, and genuine transformation. This requires courage because salt stings wounds and light can be uncomfortable to eyes accustomed to darkness. But without our faithful engagement, society loses the very elements that preserve and guide it toward flourishing.
Bible Verse
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Matthew 5:13-15
Reflection Question
In what specific areas of your life is God calling you to be more distinctly ‘salty’ and ‘bright’ rather than blending in?
Quote
The biblical vision would have us understand that to build a biblical culture inside of the walls of the church necessitates that we engage in unbiblical culture outside of the walls of the church by challenging them with the Bible and with all that the Bible entails.
Prayer
Father, give me courage to be the salt and light You’ve called me to be. Help me preserve what’s good and illuminate what’s true in my community.