Psalm 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

Have you ever known you were struggling and turned to the bible for help and just weren’t finding the help you needed? How long did you spend in the Word seeking answers? In truth we know what we are struggling with when this happens. Sometimes we search the problem subject looking for the answer. Perhaps you search for the answer you want.

Finding the answer that helps isn’t always an instant thing. One and done they call it. No, often if the struggle is real, then it takes an earnest heart for correction to find the answer. Often times the answer is in correction. The fact you are aware of the struggle should tell you that.

Forgiveness is found in the Lord. Take your struggle there. He knows better than you what the problem is and how to fix it. But you have to want it and want it bad enough to strive for it. What I found in Hebrews 12 helped me today. Maybe it will help you also. I don’t know, but here it is anyway.

Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

He was speaking to me in the very struggle. I had not given in, I struggled. He was fighting for me and I wasn’t listening. I thought there was some “thing” I had to do. I searched the scriptures high and low seeking what I had to do until I found the answer.

Listen, I just had to listen.

Ezra 7:22 You may give him up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 600 gallons of wine, 600 gallons of olive oil, and as much salt as he needs. (GW)

I use the God’s Word version here for some clarity of measured limits. We are a little more familiar with pounds and gallons than the ancient measures. Other versions indicate unlimited salt. Limitless.

Now this is the command of King Artaxerxes in as much as how far he was willing to go to satisfy the needs of God. He was after all the ruler of the world at that time. Needless to say he did not place much value on salt because there was so much available that any amount was not considered of any great worth.

Matthew 5:13a Ye are the salt of the earth:

Does this mean that we have no value to God? No not at all. God knows the value of seasoning and that salt brings out the best taste in things. More importantly is the issue of the ruler of the world agreeing that God can have us without measure because he does not value us.

In Satan’s kingdom, dead things, salt as no value. Salt cannot spice up or bring out the better taste of things that have already been consumed. One needs to be born again in order to spice things up.

Salt in a living being is required on the cellular level to transmit glucose thru cells, to absorb water into cells, and to transmit electric impulses because it contains ions. Living things need salt. In the same manner in Kingdom living we are required to act as salt within the body of Christ. We have value in Christ.

Please note its importance as it is placed in scripture as the first thing mentioned after the beatitudes in Matthew 5. That alone should indicate just how import we are to God.