“But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”
II Corinthians 2:14-15
Are you a practitioner of aroma therapy?
No, I am not going “new age” on you.
What I mean is what fragrance do you carry?
What aroma is evident when you walk into the room?
Paul said that God “…uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of Him everywhere.”
What a potent and powerful aroma we are to be in this world.
Paul goes on to say that we are a “…pleasing aroma of Christ…” to the Father.
He further states that aroma is among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
The aroma of Christ ought to be on us.
One definition offered by Webster’s dictionary of the word aroma is:
“a distinctive quality or atmosphere”
What distinct quality or atmosphere is evident when you walk into a room?
Are you spreading the aroma of Christ wherever you go?
Is the atmosphere changed for good when you walk in?
It should be!
Some ladies - and even some men - baptize themselves (full immersion picture here) in their perfume or cologne.
Usually you can tell they have arrived before they walk through the door.
The fragrance permeates everything.
Does the pleasing aroma of Christ follow your life?
Is it evident to others that Christ is in you?
Is the quality of your life distinctively Christ like?
Does the atmosphere of the knowledge of Him surround you to impact those around you?
It can.
It should.
It must…
…if we are to be the agents of change for the Kingdom of God on earth.
Join in that triumphal procession as a captive of Christ and let His aroma in you change others.
Be His fragrance...His aroma to others.
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