Father, now that I’ve worked some on Sunday’s sermon, my mind is settled enough to sit down with You for a while. Bless our time together, may I hear clearly what You have for me today.
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Smells communicate a lot of information. I think I have a pretty sensitive nose, my family laughs at me but at just the right point in summer I can smell corn growing! (It really does have a scent!)
Anyway, one thing I have noticed on my bus route is that many kids have an odor about them when they get on my bus. It’s not usually a hygiene problem. Often, I can smell the lingering scent of smoke. It’s a good chance the family heats with wood and maybe their coats dry out by the stove. Other times I catch a whiff of masterfully applied cologne or freshly washed hair. Whatever the scent may be, it follows right along with them.
Thinking along those lines makes me think of 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 (ESV)
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
So, what scent follows me? Do I carry Your scent with me? Lord, does the smell of Your presence in my life waft about in the situations of life in which I find myself? Do I cast for all to “smell” Your “sweet fragrance” (AMP) or do I bring tears to the eyes of others that smell the rancidness of my bad attitudes, selfishness, and bitterness?
Lord Jesus, help me to fill myself with You at the beginning of each day so that Your aroma will permeate every conversation, that I will impact others with whom my path may cross. May I be a purveyor of Your fragrance for all. Amen.
May 8th, 2019, Tue, 12:44 pm
