THE
ODOR AND THE VISION OF CHRIST
Among
animals, God so created them that the nose becomes as important in
providing information, perhaps more so than hearing or sight. Smells
to a dog, a cat, or a black bear paint a multicolored portrait of
their surroundings. The nostrils are powerful to survival in knowing
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and sometimes HOW. Years ago, good and
professional news reporters had a NOSE for these things. Alas, no
more!
Humans
are not as gifted by our Lord in the sniffing department. The nose
for us functions as an early warning detector of dangers; gas leak,
hot or burning wires, a full diaper or gingivitis. [Bad Breath]
One
useful function of smell for humans is physical compatibility.
Seriously! Although we rarely realize this important function of
smell, complementary scents of couples attract. Dissimilar odors
often result in rejection. Human mothers, blindfolded, can pick out
the scents of their infants 9 out of ten times.
God
has an amazing and powerful sense of smell; in 2Co
2:15,16, For
we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved
and among those who are perishing; to the one, an aroma from death
to death, to the other an aroma from life to life...
Those
facing eternal death carry the stench with them and no amount of Old
Spice or Evening in Paris can mask its message. Conversely, the
savor of life is fresh, sweet, subtle, as the fragrant rainbow that
follows the storm. We humans can detect this aroma. It is the smell
of life, the scent of Jesus.
Eagles
are capable of seeing a small car-fob sized mouse in a field of grass
from an altitude of 5,000 feet. I can barley identify my own car in
the Walmart parking lot, and that is with glasses! God can see
directly into our hearts. He sees the changes made in us by Christ.
No longer repulsed by the vulgarity of sin ever present in the sin
filled body. When He looks upon those saved, Christ is what He sees.
Our
Lord not only smells Christ in us, He sees His Son through the Holy
Spirit that filled us when at that special moment, we believed. For
now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in
part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully
known.
[ 1Co 13:12]
I
look forward to that wonderful, but fearful and reverent moment when
my eyes see the Almighty Creator as He is, in His very presence as I
bow and worship and serve Him for eternity. Praise You Father,
Praise You Jesus, Praise You Holy Spirit, AMEN
HAVE
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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