What's Your Fragrance?
The cedar candle at my desk is a yearly gift from a friend.
When it is burning, the pleasant scent permeates the surrounding area. You can
hear people walking down the hall exclaiming, “It smells great in here!”
Whether it is the whiff of a burning candle, the smell of
fresh mowed grass, the soft scent of a lilac bush in spring or the aroma of a
fine perfume we all have fragrances that bring us joy. It may be due to
memories, such as fresh baked cookies upon arriving at home after school or a
pot of spaghetti sauce on the stove on a Friday afternoon or maybe it is the
smell of someone you love. It might even be something as simple as the pure clean
Colorado air or clothes right out of the dryer.
There is a flip side to the pleasing smells—they are the
ones that cause you to turn your head in disgust. Perhaps it is the smell of
body odor, spoiled food or poop. You know what it is to you. You don’t want to
be around it. You open the door for fresh air, you get out the room deodorizer
or you hop in the shower….anything to get rid of the odor.
Just as the candle cannot keep its scent hidden as it
infuses the air in my office with a sweet aroma, we as Christians cannot keep
our fragrance hidden either. Our fragrance should be the scent of Christ, which
is either a pleasant fragrance to those who are Christians or a reminder of
death to those who do not know Jesus.
What does your fragrance say about you?
2 Corinthians 2:15-16a For we are to God
the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are
perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of
life.
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