“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.”

Jesus doesn’t say, “You might be salt” or “You could be salt if you tried hard enough.” He says, “You are the salt.” That’s a statement of identity and assignment.

And here’s the thing—your assignment is personal. You are the salt of your situation. Your family. Your workplace. Your school. Your community. You’re not called to be salt everywhere at once, but you are called to be salt exactly where God has placed you.

Salt can’t preserve from a distance—it has to make contact. That means stepping into conversations that need truth, relationships that need grace, and environments that need integrity. It means recognizing that God’s placement of you is intentional, not accidental.

If…then. If I’m in a place I don’t want to be, then maybe that’s exactly the place God wants to use me. Sometimes the hardest situations are the ones that need salt the most.

You may be the only follower of Christ in your office. The only believer in your family. The only person in your friend group living for Jesus. That’s not a mistake—that’s a mission.

Identify one person or situation in your current setting that needs godly influence—and take one intentional step today to be salt there.

Lord, thank You for placing me exactly where I am. Even when I don’t understand it, help me to see my setting as my assignment. Use my words, actions, and presence to preserve what is good and point people toward You. Amen.