24TH OCTOBER
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.”
It brings God pleasure when we represent Christ to the people in our lives!
To those who are rejecting God our openness regarding Christ is a bad smell, a fragrance from death to death. And to those who are seeking or moving towards God, our relationship with Christ is attractive, a fragrance from life to life.
But notice Paul’s main point here. We are the aroma of Christ to God. This is the most important part of representing Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: God loves it when we let people see how Jesus is walking with us through the difficult times. He loves it when we give him the glory for the blessings in our lives, when we share what he is teaching us about life.
If we truly love God and desire to please him above all else in our lives then we will be open with non-Christians about our relationship with Jesus, because this is what God is all about in our lives.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
Take a moment to think about a few things about your relationship with God or about what God is teaching you, that you could share with people in your life who don’t know him yet.