Fragrance of Jesus

“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. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?” 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

After the constituency meeting was over I headed back home. It was a long drive to get back home from where Wisconsin Academy is. I was getting tired and I really wanted to be in my bed soon. It was around 11 o’clock at night when I finally arrived. When I opened the door to the house, a nasty, stinking smell hit my nose. The stink was all over the house!

The nasty smell was from food waste that I hadn’t disposed of the day before as I left for church. For harder pieces of food waste we would throw away in a plastic bag instead of using the disposer in the sink to prevent from breaking. As I was leaving for church on Sabbath, I forgot to throw away the food waste bag. So when I returned back home the following day, the stink was all over the house.

I was tired but I had to do something. I opened all the windows to let the fresh air in. Then I lit couple Yankee candles to let it suck the stink but also let the fragrance spread out in the house. Next morning, when I got up again, I did the same thing once again. Opened the windows and lit the candles. Ah, it smelled so much better.

Paul talks about the fragrance of Christ. Our sinful nature stinks. It stinks really bad. And we want it off from us. The first thing we would do is to wash ourselves right? We must wash off our sins through Jesus Christ. Then we must put on Christ. We must put on the fragrance of Him. We need it not just for ourselves but that the fragrance will penetrate the people around us as well.