The Aroma of Christ

UV 4197/10000 The Aroma of Christ But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him. 2 Corinthians 2 v 14 We need to constantly thank the Lord for He is the One who gives us victory in all matters. We are led by God and led by Him victoriously. We are like perfume bottles carrying the sweet scent of the personal knowledge of the Creator God and the Redeemer Jesus as well as the comforting and strengthening Holy Spirit. But we must not be closed perfume bottles but with our lids off, we need to continually exude the aroma of Christ to the otherwise stinking world around us. We need to replace the stench of death and evil in our lives and in the world around us with the sweet fragrance of eternal life in Christ. When we rightly divide the word of God in the world, we multiply the fragrance or effects of it in our lives and that of others, too. The message of Christ is love and we need to continually communicate this message to the world. The world is filled with hatred, selfishness, greed, pride, lust. But we can thank the Lord that He lead us in victory over all these. He gives us victory over our own flesh, its weaknesses, the weaknesses of the inner man. When Christ was buried in the cave of Joseph of Arimathea, His body bruised and wounded by many nails was covered with spices and scents to preserve it and put off the offensive smell of decaying flesh. But since He had never sinned in the flesh, it could not decay. Hence, the aroma that exudes from the very name of Jesus to this day is not that of the perfumes and spices in which His body was wrapped but the aroma of righteousness. A few drops of perfume gives a pleasant fragrance to the person on which it is dabbed as well as the entire room and surroundings. Likewise, our good deeds, our praise and worship, our character and conduct ought to be a sweet smelling aroma in the nostrils of the Lord as well as people who witness our lives. Like the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus days before His crucifixion with a bottle of expensive perfume of nard, we must be ready to be broken like that bottle before the Lord that He enjoys the aroma of our lives lived in victory through Him.