You Are Good for Nothing If You Cannot Work Quietly and Effectively
by Pastor Dag Heward-MIlls
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH: BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOUR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THENCEFORTH GOOD FOR NOTHING, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13-16
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH: BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOUR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THENCEFORTH GOOD FOR NOTHING, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13-16
Salt works quietly and effectively in your body. Without sodium your body would not be able to stay alive. Salt is a mysterious chemical! Salt is an important hidden element in your existence! The human body cannot live without the sodium that is in salt. This element is needed to transmit nerve impulses, contract and relax muscle fibres and maintain a proper fluid balance.
Salt is good for nothing if it does not do its unseen and mysterious works within the human body. In the same way, you are good for nothing if you do not do your unseen and mysterious works within the body of Christ. If you want to be the salt of the earth, you must grow up into working quietly and effectively for the Lord.
Don’t bother to be seen much. Just do great things for the Lord. You may not know that many people who are on drips in the hospital are receiving normal saline drips. A normal saline drip is a drip of salt. It is used to manage and to treat dehydration and shock. The salt drip quietly and effectively restores a person and effectively brings him back from “the
dead”.
1. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective helps minister.
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:28
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Jobs like being a prayer warrior, a secretary or even a security guard are quiet and effective ways of having an influence on the earth.
Work effectively and quietly for the Lord by becoming a good helps minister. The helps ministry is a quiet and effective ministry behind the scenes. Behind every great ministry are usually great helpers. Great helpers are quiet and effective people who are not seen or known by the general public. Some helps ministers are unfaithful and treacherous. Some helps ministers are thieves. Some helps ministers are Judases. You will be one of the good helps ministers!
2. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective pastor’s wife.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Work effectively and quietly for the Lord by being a good pastor’s wife. A wife who is helpful is indeed a quiet and effective backbone to any minister. Many ministers depend on their wives for the quiet and effective help that they give. Not all pastors’ wives are helpful. Some pastors’ wives are ill-natured. Some pastors’ wives are stubborn and argumentative. Indeed, behind every great minister there is not always a quiet and effective wife. Sometimes, a great man of God flourishes in spite of (and not because of) having a great helper as his wife.
How to Work for God Quietly and Effectively
3. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective giver.
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:8
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Work quietly and effectively for the Lord by giving with simplicity. Your right hand does not need to know what your left hand is doing. You can support the work of God in a great way without making yourself known. It is time to be the salt of the earth. Support the church and help the work of God to go on without necessarily being acknowledged and praised publicly.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:3-4
Salt works quietly and effectively in your body. Without sodium your body would not be able to stay alive. Salt is a mysterious chemical! Salt is an important hidden element in your existence! The human body cannot live without the sodium that is in salt. This element is needed to transmit nerve impulses, contract and relax muscle fibres and maintain a proper fluid balance.
Salt is good for nothing if it does not do its unseen and mysterious works within the human body. In the same way, you are good for nothing if you do not do your unseen and mysterious works within the body of Christ. If you want to be the salt of the earth, you must grow up into working quietly and effectively for the Lord.
Don’t bother to be seen much. Just do great things for the Lord. You may not know that many people who are on drips in the hospital are receiving normal saline drips. A normal saline drip is a drip of salt. It is used to manage and to treat dehydration and shock. The salt drip quietly and effectively restores a person and effectively brings him back from “the
dead”.
1. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective helps minister.
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:28
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Jobs like being a prayer warrior, a secretary or even a security guard are quiet and effective ways of having an influence on the earth.
Work effectively and quietly for the Lord by becoming a good helps minister. The helps ministry is a quiet and effective ministry behind the scenes. Behind every great ministry are usually great helpers. Great helpers are quiet and effective people who are not seen or known by the general public. Some helps ministers are unfaithful and treacherous. Some helps ministers are thieves. Some helps ministers are Judases. You will be one of the good helps ministers!
2. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective pastor’s wife.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Work effectively and quietly for the Lord by being a good pastor’s wife. A wife who is helpful is indeed a quiet and effective backbone to any minister. Many ministers depend on their wives for the quiet and effective help that they give. Not all pastors’ wives are helpful. Some pastors’ wives are ill-natured. Some pastors’ wives are stubborn and argumentative. Indeed, behind every great minister there is not always a quiet and effective wife. Sometimes, a great man of God flourishes in spite of (and not because of) having a great helper as his wife.
How to Work for God Quietly and Effectively
3. You can be the salt of the earth by being a quiet and effective giver.
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:8
Salt is quiet and effective and you can be just like that. Work quietly and effectively for the Lord by giving with simplicity. Your right hand does not need to know what your left hand is doing. You can support the work of God in a great way without making yourself known. It is time to be the salt of the earth. Support the church and help the work of God to go on without necessarily being acknowledged and praised publicly.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:3-4
