Ezra 7:22 You may give him up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 600 gallons of wine, 600 gallons of olive oil, and as much salt as he needs. (GW)

I use the God’s Word version here for some clarity of measured limits. We are a little more familiar with pounds and gallons than the ancient measures. Other versions indicate unlimited salt. Limitless.

Now this is the command of King Artaxerxes in as much as how far he was willing to go to satisfy the needs of God. He was after all the ruler of the world at that time. Needless to say he did not place much value on salt because there was so much available that any amount was not considered of any great worth.

Matthew 5:13a Ye are the salt of the earth:

Does this mean that we have no value to God? No not at all. God knows the value of seasoning and that salt brings out the best taste in things. More importantly is the issue of the ruler of the world agreeing that God can have us without measure because he does not value us.

In Satan’s kingdom, dead things, salt as no value. Salt cannot spice up or bring out the better taste of things that have already been consumed. One needs to be born again in order to spice things up.

Salt in a living being is required on the cellular level to transmit glucose thru cells, to absorb water into cells, and to transmit electric impulses because it contains ions. Living things need salt. In the same manner in Kingdom living we are required to act as salt within the body of Christ. We have value in Christ.

Please note its importance as it is placed in scripture as the first thing mentioned after the beatitudes in Matthew 5. That alone should indicate just how import we are to God.

2 Samuel 12:11-14 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

Here are the consequences for David’s sins from 2 Samuel 11. Sin has consequences and those cannot be avoided. I will not make lite of any of those consequences, nor should we make lite of our own. Here is my point about David’s sin.

Acts 13:22c I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Nowhere in the fifty-four verses about David in the New Testament will you find one mention of David’s sins. It is done, God does not bring it up again. Consequences paid, repentance made, forgiveness given and never again does God talk about it.

How often to do we revisit the sins of our past, those which we have paid the consequences, repented and gained forgive? God is not talking about it. Who are you listening to in those moments? Satan the liar or your own unforgiveness? If God has forgiven you why are you holding yourself guilty? The price has been paid. Are you not believing God when He declares you are forgiven?

1 John 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

Forgive yourselves for Christ’s sake.