YOU DO HAVE AN AROMA Im pretty sure you know someone who is sort of preceded by the aroma of their cologne or their perfume. You kind of know theyre coming before you see them; you smell them. And even after theyre gone, the aroma lingers. The impact of your life here is described as a fragrance. The knowledge of Christ is what youre supposed to leave behind. That means that people are thinking about Jesus after you pass by. You create a Jesus atmosphere around you. Now, modern Christianity measures our influence by our actions - the words we speak, the groups we lead, the good deeds we do, the people we helped, the activities we support. But our greatest influence doesnt come through the actions you do. Your greatest influence comes through the atmosphere you create. And everywhere you are youre creating some kind of atmosphere; some kind of aroma. What kind? When you walk into your home, do you bring stress with you, or gentleness, affection? You bring coldness or warmth? You bring an atmosphere. What kind of atmosphere accompanies you at work; at school? I guess after all is said and done, people wont remember much that you said or even a lot of what you did. But theyll remember the atmosphere. Theyll remember how they felt when you were around. Maybe your actions - your good actions - are canceled out by the atmosphere of stress, or criticism, or negativity, or insensitivity that you create while youre doing all of those good things. But its the atmosphere that really makes the difference. Your aroma? Yeah, its there longer than you are, and the aroma that you should be leaving is the finest of fragrances. You should leave behind you a trail of joy, and peace, and blessing, making people feel important and listened to, cared about. Actually, what you should leave behind is the essence of Jesus.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:37:22 +0000
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