"Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person." Colossians 4:5-6
Runners know how important salt is, especially on a hot day. "Sodium helps regulate the body's fluid levels," says Bob Seebohar, R.D., director of sports nutrition at the University of Florida. The loss of salt is also connected to other running problems, including cramping and hyponatremia, a rare and potentially fatal condition in which overhydration leads to low blood-sodium levels." Obviously too little salt can be bad but too much salt has been linked to high blood pressure making it important to use the right amount.
The same can be said about our words. The bible tells us to let our speech, "always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt", so that we will know how we should respond to each person. Too much salt and the message can be bitter, too little and the hearer goes away unsatisfied. The point is to be gracious, neither timid nor overbearing-not only in what we say but how we say it, seasoning our speech just right as to be perfectly palatable to the listener.
By treating each person with respect and courtesy, our words can become "tasty", effective and leaving them wanting seconds. That's how we make the most of every opportunity, wouldn't you agree? Are your words full of grace and seasoned well?
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving the lost so much that you would give us instructions on how to reach them. Help us to find your perfect grace to season our words correctly so that we might respond to each person with "tasty" speech. Help us to be believers that make the most of every opportunity to share the Gospel. It's in your precious name we pray, Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
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