Smells like Christs Spirit Martin B. Copenhaver For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. - 2 Corinthians 2:15 In scripture there are many descriptions of the kind of life we are called to live. One image the Apostle Paul uses is that we are to be the aroma of Christ. Its a wonderful image. After all, the sense of smell has an immediacy to it, beyond all the other senses. So when I smell a certain kind of wooden mustiness, its not that I am reminded of the attic in the house in which I grew up, it is as if I am there. And I have to ask myself, Why did I just think of that attic? Oh, yeah, its that smell! If I pass someone who is wearing the perfume my mother used to wear, I will turn around, half expecting to see my mother, even though she has been gone for a long time now. To say that an aroma is a reminder or a stimulus for memory is to say too little. The aroma of something can transport you from the present moment and immediate surroundings to somewhere else entirely. So Paul is saying, You are to be like that. You are to be the aroma Christ. By the way you infuse your daily encounters with love, by the way you forgive your enemies, by the way you care for the forgotten ones, you are to be that sweet aroma that seems to transport people into the very presence of Christ. Is that a lot to expect? To be sure. But there is another way to put it: It is our high calling. Prayer Dear Jesus, infuse my life with your fragrance so that others might be ushered into your presence.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 19:19:09 +0000
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