Role Models : All Saints - Matthew 5:13-16

It's easy for us to think of the saints as holy, pious, better-than-me kind of people. We think of them as people who have done what we never could. People who have attained a certain status that overshadows and will always be better than us. When we think this, it's easy to become discouraged, and to even give up trying to follow God's desires for us. God has made us all saints in Jesus. All people are called to be his own. Even as we all are made holy by God and his Holy Spirit, we are to love and serve those around us. We are to point others in our words, but also in our conduct and life, towards Jesus and his promises that he has offered us, trusting that he loves and has saved us, more than we ever could.