You may have heard me say that God is a covenant keeping God. A divine covenant is a unilaterally imposed promise that rests entirely on the integrity and ability of the promise maker. In this case, God. I believe this to be the essential way in which God relates to humanity. It may also be the unifying theme of Scripture that helps us to understand the way God deals with us throughout the thousands of years of biblical history.
Lev. 2:13 says, "And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offerings. With all your offerings you shall offer salt."
What then is the significance of the salt of the covenant? I believe it to be in the fact that salt does not burn. Burning is a chemical reaction and salt is an extremely stable compound. Thus under the heat of fire all else may be consumed, but the salt remains.
This is the way God's covenants are. When everything else fails, God's promises do not fail.
Lam. 3:22-24, "Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 'The Lord is my portion.' says my soul, 'Therefore I hope in Him!"
Amen to that.
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