Devotional for Saturday, December 17, 2016
“The Fragrance of Our Lord”
by Dona Hake
Fragrance is anything having a pleasant scent or aroma; something sweet-smelling; sweet-scented such as a fragrant rose. During the summer we have an abundance of honeysuckle bushes around our property, and there were days as I have already walked with my dog and I was amazed at the beauty of their sweet smelling fragrance. If there is a beautiful fragrance in the air, it makes one just want to stop and enjoy it or you may try to figure out where the smell is coming from. God’s Word speaks of His paths being fragrant with His attributes, and as we walk in His Word, we too will give off the beauty of that fragrance. Let’s read this scripture from the the Living Bible…
Psalm 25:9-10 (TLB)
“He will teach the ways that are right and best to those who humbly turn to Him.
And when we obey Him, every path He guides us on is fragrant with his loving-kindness and His truth.”
And when we obey Him, every path He guides us on is fragrant with his loving-kindness and His truth.”
Today I want you to meditate upon the truth that as you humbly turn to Him, He will teach us His ways, and we will desire to walk in the paths that will cause a wonderful fragrance of Christ to emanate from our spirit to those that know Him and also those that do not know Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14-15 (TLB)
But thanks be to God! For through what Christ has done, he has triumphed over us so that now wherever we go he uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Gospel like a sweet perfume.
As far as God is concerned there is a sweet, wholesome fragrance in our lives. It is the fragrance of Christ within us, an aroma to both the saved and the unsaved all around us.”
I believe that this fragrance will cause people to be inquisitive about our joy, our love, and our peace. I believe this fragrance is part of the light that only He can shine through us. I believe that God can use this to draw the lost to Him. May we release our faith that the Lord is using us everyday to reach people whether they know Him or not. Many times we may never know how God is using the testimony of our love, deeds, and prayers that we offer up on behalf of people.
Lord, we thank You today that as we humbly look to You in all of our ways that You will teach us how to walk in Your paths. May that fragrance touch the hearts of even those that seem hardened and unreachable. We thank You for we know You are able to do above and beyond all that we dare ask or think as You permit us to be used as You desire! In Jesus Name, amen.