Good For Nothing

YOU GOT THE FLAVA

Growing up, I remember watching a show called "Flava TV." We didn't have cable at the time and it was a good substitute for MTV and BET. On the show were music videos and a catchy promo line that said, "You got the flava...TV."

GOOD FOR NOTHING

I like salt. It is nice. Until I discovered this stuff (from my friend from Puerto Rico) called Adobo. Talk about flavor. There are so many flavors in that yellow stuff. Check it out and your life will be changed. Promise.

In Matthew, we are described as being the salt of the earth. "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men" (Matthew 5:13). Salt is good for nothing, but to make things savory and to preserve from putrefaction (the process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter). This means that our conversations, zeal, gifts, teaching, and lives should be an effort to preserve the world from putrefaction and destruction.

We don't want to lose our usefulness and become unprofitable to God. This would, in essence, make us good for nothing to the kingdom. We want to be full of "flava!" Remember everywhere that you go today, to be open to reflecting Jesus in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control with the power of the Holy Spirit.