Fragrance
2 Corinthians 2:14-15 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
Today in a prayer meeting someone mentioned the word fragrance as they were praying. The first thing that popped into my head was of a college student who had come into my store yesterday. This young man had gone a little overboard, in my opinion, with his cologne. It was so strong that I could smell him coming. I also have customers who come in to the store with a different type of fragrance, one that isn’t pleasant. In both cases you can smell them before you even see them and also the fragrance sticks around for a while after they leave. The point of this being that fragrance influences and changes the atmosphere that it comes in contact with.
From 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 we are to be diffusers for the fragrance of God and we are also to be a fragrance. The fragrance of Christ. Our spiritual fragrance should be so strong that it is “smelled” before we are seen and should linger long after we have departed. If we are not changing and influencing every atmosphere, we come in contact with that means we are not fragrant enough. We do this by being in The Lord’s Presence. Just as being in a place that is smokey will leave you with a fragrance of smoke so being in The Presence will leave us smelling like God’s Presence.
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