May 13th, 2026
This blog post is a summary of Jennifer Tower’s message at our recent Salt + Light Ladies Night.
As a newlywed, I always wanted to make delicious dinners for Keith. One night, I had hoped to make hot turkey with gravy. No matter how much white silky powder I added, the gravy would not thicken. Only after I served dinner did I realize I had been using powdered sugar, not flour. The canister wasn’t labeled, and the two look very similar! You have to have the right ingredients and use them the right way.
That’s certainly true of another ingredient…salt. And so we’ll look just where you’d expect us to go in Scripture to talk about salt…Leviticus 2. Yes, you read correctly, Leviticus 2.
Leviticus 2:1-13 contains instructions for the Israelites regarding grain offerings. It is a lengthy set of rules and regulations. Yet they are stipulations of the covenant. A Holy God is using these to form a holy people. So where does the salt come in?
13 You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
The covenant of salt referred to here is the Israelites’ covenant with God. It’s also referred to as the Covenant of Salt in Numbers 18 and 2 Chronicles 3.
Even amidst a sacrificial system, salt represented the people’s relationship to God. This covenant is God's commitment that "I am Your God. You are My People".
So how would Leviticus 2 relate to our New Testament lives today? We aren’t living under a sacrificial system, yet a sacrifice is made. Our lives are living sacrifices, as noted in Romans 12:1. Just as in the Old Testament, the sacrifices were about a relationship with a Holy God; the salt in our living sacrifices is about our relationship with Jesus.
In our context, we may think that the salt is the Gospel message, but it’s more than that, deeper than that.
Salt isn’t the message; it is the relationship with Jesus
Leviticus 2:13 gives us 3 reminders this “salt”
1. Seasoned with salt
A properly salted item is so tasty! Two favorite local foods - one is a Gideon's Cookie. Sea Salt is sprinkled over tons of chocolate chips. The bites differ because just sprinkled on top.
Second is Eddie V steak - so well seasoned you don’t know it’s there, it’s just delicious, every bite consistent. Seasoned means the effect through and through. Seasoning doesn’t change the item; it just allows it to bring out its best.
When we’re seasoned with the salt of our relationship with Jesus, we can be consistent too. Not that life or seasons are consistent! But we can relate consistently, respond consistently, and wait in hope consistently. Consistent isn’t perfection.
We’re seasoned with this salt to be the Jesus version of ourselves.
2. Never missing salt
Salt doesn’t only make a salty thing better. Hello, Salted caramel! Our relationship with Jesus isn’t only relevant when we are with other believers! It is pleasing and has value in everything! And with everyone
The salt of our relationship with Jesus cannot be sprinkled on or added after the fact, but definitely cannot be missing! That’s like pulling away from a drive-through only to find out the fries aren’t salted!
Don’t let it be missing in your conversations with your spouse, kids, and co-workers. Your social posts don’t always need to be about Jesus, but should properly reflect Jesus.
When it’s missing, it matters, and that’s just French fries! If they needed to be reminded, we do too. When we face our days, our May-cember schedule, our conversations, and even the thoughts in our minds, if we are missing the salt of our relationship with Jesus in them, we’re left with what we can muster.
When we allow Jesus in everything, when he’s not missing in our words, actions, thoughts, we’re not only not alone, we have everything He offers us (fruit of the Spirit, wisdom) with us.
3. Always offer salt
With all of your offerings, you should offer salt. When we “offer” something, we make it near, make it approachable. We offer, not force. We can offer Jesus to our family, neighbors, coworkers, but in the right way
We are prompted to offer the salt of our RELATIONSHIP with Jesus - sometimes that’s words, sometimes it's a hug, sometimes it’s prayers offered, no one knows, sometimes it’s presence
Offering Jesus isn’t a burden; it’s a joy and a privilege. And while this may seem difficult or even impossible, let me take the pressure off. This is simply an extension of what Jesus offers us.
The salt isn’t what you do. It is who you are because of who He is.
He seasons us.
He’s never leaves us.
He’s always offering himself to us.
Matthew 5:13 “You ARE the salt of the earth"
Salt isn’t something you have to do. Salt is something you get to be!
Let’s be salty! Not because we’re pressing or striving and doing, but by simply by drawing close to Jesus.
As a newlywed, I always wanted to make delicious dinners for Keith. One night, I had hoped to make hot turkey with gravy. No matter how much white silky powder I added, the gravy would not thicken. Only after I served dinner did I realize I had been using powdered sugar, not flour. The canister wasn’t labeled, and the two look very similar! You have to have the right ingredients and use them the right way.
That’s certainly true of another ingredient…salt. And so we’ll look just where you’d expect us to go in Scripture to talk about salt…Leviticus 2. Yes, you read correctly, Leviticus 2.
Leviticus 2:1-13 contains instructions for the Israelites regarding grain offerings. It is a lengthy set of rules and regulations. Yet they are stipulations of the covenant. A Holy God is using these to form a holy people. So where does the salt come in?
13 You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
The covenant of salt referred to here is the Israelites’ covenant with God. It’s also referred to as the Covenant of Salt in Numbers 18 and 2 Chronicles 3.
Even amidst a sacrificial system, salt represented the people’s relationship to God. This covenant is God's commitment that "I am Your God. You are My People".
So how would Leviticus 2 relate to our New Testament lives today? We aren’t living under a sacrificial system, yet a sacrifice is made. Our lives are living sacrifices, as noted in Romans 12:1. Just as in the Old Testament, the sacrifices were about a relationship with a Holy God; the salt in our living sacrifices is about our relationship with Jesus.
In our context, we may think that the salt is the Gospel message, but it’s more than that, deeper than that.
Salt isn’t the message; it is the relationship with Jesus
Leviticus 2:13 gives us 3 reminders this “salt”
1. Seasoned with salt
A properly salted item is so tasty! Two favorite local foods - one is a Gideon's Cookie. Sea Salt is sprinkled over tons of chocolate chips. The bites differ because just sprinkled on top.
Second is Eddie V steak - so well seasoned you don’t know it’s there, it’s just delicious, every bite consistent. Seasoned means the effect through and through. Seasoning doesn’t change the item; it just allows it to bring out its best.
When we’re seasoned with the salt of our relationship with Jesus, we can be consistent too. Not that life or seasons are consistent! But we can relate consistently, respond consistently, and wait in hope consistently. Consistent isn’t perfection.
We’re seasoned with this salt to be the Jesus version of ourselves.
2. Never missing salt
Salt doesn’t only make a salty thing better. Hello, Salted caramel! Our relationship with Jesus isn’t only relevant when we are with other believers! It is pleasing and has value in everything! And with everyone
The salt of our relationship with Jesus cannot be sprinkled on or added after the fact, but definitely cannot be missing! That’s like pulling away from a drive-through only to find out the fries aren’t salted!
Don’t let it be missing in your conversations with your spouse, kids, and co-workers. Your social posts don’t always need to be about Jesus, but should properly reflect Jesus.
When it’s missing, it matters, and that’s just French fries! If they needed to be reminded, we do too. When we face our days, our May-cember schedule, our conversations, and even the thoughts in our minds, if we are missing the salt of our relationship with Jesus in them, we’re left with what we can muster.
When we allow Jesus in everything, when he’s not missing in our words, actions, thoughts, we’re not only not alone, we have everything He offers us (fruit of the Spirit, wisdom) with us.
3. Always offer salt
With all of your offerings, you should offer salt. When we “offer” something, we make it near, make it approachable. We offer, not force. We can offer Jesus to our family, neighbors, coworkers, but in the right way
We are prompted to offer the salt of our RELATIONSHIP with Jesus - sometimes that’s words, sometimes it's a hug, sometimes it’s prayers offered, no one knows, sometimes it’s presence
Offering Jesus isn’t a burden; it’s a joy and a privilege. And while this may seem difficult or even impossible, let me take the pressure off. This is simply an extension of what Jesus offers us.
The salt isn’t what you do. It is who you are because of who He is.
He seasons us.
He’s never leaves us.
He’s always offering himself to us.
Matthew 5:13 “You ARE the salt of the earth"
Salt isn’t something you have to do. Salt is something you get to be!
Let’s be salty! Not because we’re pressing or striving and doing, but by simply by drawing close to Jesus.
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