I Received A Package In The Mail ~~~ A Sweet Smelling Fragrance

Our verse for today is in - Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Some translations use the word “fragrance” in place of "Sweet-smelling aroma".

When I was in our church’s Praise Team; I was introduced to the song, called “Above All” written by Lenny LeBlanc and Paul Blaoche.

This is the song’s lyrics:

Above all powers, Above all kings

Above all nature, and all created things

Above all wisdom, and all the ways of man

You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, Above all thrones

Above all wonders, the world has ever known 

Above all wealth, and treasures of the earth

There's no way to measure what you're worth

    Crucified laid behind a stone

    You lived to die rejected and alone

    Like a rose trampled on the ground

    You took the fall and thought of me

    Above all!

                                    ~~~

It’s can be difficult to imagine Christ, our comforter and best friend, crucified, rejected and alone.

The words of this song always touched me deeply.

The sentence, "Like a rose, trampled on the ground", gives us such a clear word picture of what Jesus went through for us.

Did you know one of the names of Jesus is “Rose of Sharon?”

Did you also know that When a rose is crushed or trampled, it offers a very sweet fragrance? And Jesus is a sweet-smelling fragrance.

The Apostle Paul tells us that we are a sweet-smelling fragrance to those who believe.

For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.  As found in: 2 Corinthians 2:15

Our savior was trampled to the ground - for us – for you and for me.

Yet though He was crushed, He was like a sweet smelling rose; and He did it all for us.

And when you feel crushed or rejected… pray that a fragrance of sweet smelling rose would flow from our spirit so people would be drawn to The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!

  

                  AND WITH THAT I WANT TO REMIND YOU… 

                            LIFE HAPPENS, LET’S ENJOY IT!

Today’s devotion came in part from “right from the heart ministries”