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After a restless early evening, processing the stress that accompanies work and managing adult responsibilities, I drifted back to sleep. Although the exact details of my dream are still fuzzy, I distinctly remember stepping on a slug and scraping its remains on a stairwell step I was climbing.
I awoke and googled the significance of slugs in the Bible. I couldn't find a scripture or any scriptural commentary that could support my reasoning of the dream's significance. I visited Wikipedia and learned that slugs are in the habit of eating fruits and vegetables before they are ready for harvest; the fruit is left with holes that make it vulnerable to disease. The Wikipedia entry went on to detail that slugs can be killed with salt.
Immediately, my spirit jumped to Matthew 5:13 which declares that we are the salt of the earth.
The slugs in our lives, those things sent to destroy our fruit - debt, depression, insanity, fear, and the like - don't stand a chance because we are the weapon, the salt, that can defeat them.
In an act of agreement with this revelation, I am throwing salt on my car note and declaring that the debt will be erased in Jesus' name! Ha! Dramatic - I know. But I'm believing it!
God has equipped us to overcome. Take time to pray today, in accordance with the truth God outlined in His Word, that your slugs are defeated because you are the salt of the earth. And prepare yourself to experience the wondrous glory - goodness - of God in your circumstances!
