Fragrance of Life

The Sweet Aroma of the Knowledge of Him in Every Place 


“But thanks be to God, 
who always leads us in triumph in Christ,
 and manifests through us the sweet aroma 
of the knowledge of Him in every place. 
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.” 
2 Corinthians 2:14-16

As disciples of Christ we are promised to be a fragrance of death to some, but we are also promised to be a fragrance of life to others.  And what we are, a fragrance of life or death, doesn’t need to concern us.  We are just called to follow Him, taking no consideration/ no responsibility of what He spills over into people’s lives or how they respond.  We are only responsible for the obedience; leave the rest in His hands. 

Are you worried about offending someone, bothering someone?   Think this through:  is it better to give out life and have it rejected and yet have planted a seed for His later use or to keep it stored inside of you, rotting just so you don’t ‘offend’ anyone’?

                Keep throwing out His seed- in word, deed, relationships, and, yes, just like His Word says, some will be snatched away or choked out, but SOME will hit a good and honest heart and will produce a crop one hundred times as great.  (Oh let us always be willing to take that risk.)
 

(Luke 8:11,15- the Word of God (seed) falling into good soil (those who hear the Word in an honest and good heart), who hold it fast and bear fruit with perseverance= that seed will produce a crop 100x as great.)

Isaiah 55:10,11      
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.”

V 11 in the Amplified “So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth; it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Being a part of His purpose in someone’s life to produce a crop
           or keeping it to yourself so that you don’t bother anyone-
                                                                 
                                  which will you choose?