A Tall Order

Jesus begins His Sermon on the Mount with the beatitudes, as we see in Matthew 5.  In the very next verses the call of Jesus is to live as the "blessed" people of God.  Jesus calls the blessed people of God to be the Salt of the earth - the light of the world ---- probably even when we don't feel like being salt and light.  A tall order, the bar is set high, but when we think about all that God has done in Jesus for us, even when we are weary and discouraged, we are reminded to be the salt of the earth and light of the world.  As we take on our identity as salt and light our perspective changes and perhaps we grow less weary and discouraged, and instead renewed and filled with hope.