BBD 06.28.21 The Fragrance of Your Life (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
28 June 2021
The Fragrance of Your Life
Now
thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us
diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the
fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are
perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the
other the aroma of life leading to life. - 2 Corinthians 2:14-16.
A woman
in the city of Trabzon, Turkey has been ordered by health and safety officials
to remove the cows from her apartment building. Local alderman Osman Terzi
said, “I have learned that Fatma Kocaman has
started selling her cows, which is a very pleasing development. It’s hard to
believe someone would keep cows in an apartment. For years me and the locals
have wondered what to do. The area has suffered a lot. Noise, smell and manure
everywhere make a very ugly scene.” Some
of our lives have more fragrance than others. Fatma Kocaman with her many cows
adds much fragrance to the lives of those who live nearby.
What
kind of fragrance does your life have? Is it a fragrance that leads to life or
a fragrance that leads to death? Sadly,
many Christians spread everywhere the fragrance of death. They do that by
acting as though they were not Christians and by living for the things of the
world instead of for God. We spread the fragrance of death when we do things
like: staying at home on Sunday when we know we ought to be at church; when we
laugh at that dirty joke; when we tell that gossip; when we stab our fellow
employee in the proverbial back to climb up the ladder; when we fail to turn
the other cheek; when we refuse to forgive; when we look at that Internet porn;
when we go to the bar to have a few drinks; when we….
How
much better it is to spread instead the fragrance of life: by sharing Jesus
with those around you; by being Jesus to those around you; by being in church
when your local body of believers assembles together; by telling the truth; by
turning the other cheek; by forgiving; by loving; by giving and by doing
countless other things that Christ would do.
Does
your life have the fragrance of death? Or the fragrance of life?
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