Daily Devotions

2 Cor 2: 14Thanks be to God, who ….uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

For some of us who have spent intimate times with God, we would have one time or another felt His presence in the sweet fragrance that permeate our gathering especially during times of worship and prayer. Personally I had the privilege of experiencing this in Chirch as well as on many occasions while I was ministering to some people at different times.

It is at such time when we are in ministry and when the sweet aroma of God filled the room that other non-believers in our midst can also experience a small tangible presence of God.

The fragrance of godliness and holiness is always a sweet and mild fragrance, it is like a very mild perfume but is never repulsive but which is soothing. On the opposite whenever evil is present, then there would be a coldness and pungent odour around the room. If I am not mistaken, this kind of odour can be found in many places of worship in temples etc.

I have also been in warfare ministry for some time in the past and this is also a very real experience especially when the demons start coming out from the victims in shrieks and loud screams. As they do that, there is a release of that foul smell of evil. That is why Jesus called these demons foul spirits as that is their characteristics.

Now coming back to today’s scriptures, Paul wrote that we must be the bearers of the sweet aroma of God. If evil people can be the bearers of foul odour then we who spend time in the presence of God should carry with us the sweet aroma of God and we must be the bearers of the good news as well as the sweet fragrance of God. When others can experience this, then they would be encouraged and will be drawn towards Our God.

In the Middle East where the radical terrorists are carrying out all their atrocious and evil work, we learn that many of these people are coming to Jesus Christ in their thousands even though their culture and religion reject and persecute Christians. What actually make them turn to Christ? It is because of the experience they have with the believers which opened their eyes.

In the last week, we read of the Egyptian Churches which were bombed on Palm Sunday and nearly 50 people died and hundred over are injured. On Easter weekend, the bishop and the Churches pronounced love and forgiveness to those who came against them.

They poured out love to the enemies of Christ, this way they became the sweet testimonies for Jesus Christ and won many of the enemies to Christ. Let us also be winners of souls for Christ by bringing the sweet aroma of Christ to the world.