Salt of the earth

We who are called of Jesus Christ know for sure that we are at least what He says we are, “salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13), and “a city set on a hill,” and even “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14).
The last epithet He also said of Himself (John 8:12), but it butterflies my stomach when I hear Him saying something of me that He says of Himself.

So what does that make us? It’s true, some are called to be prophets, some teachers or apostles (Ephesians 4:11). But all of us are called to be “salt,” that is, the world’s preservative, and in another sense, the bite, because, as Martin Luther quipped, “what’s the good of salt if it doesn’t bite?”