What Do You Smell Like?

How many of you have ever asked this question? I would say very few. It might have been asked of you another way, "what is that smell?" But this is a question that I hope you will ask yourself and others. I remember when Jeff Gordon came out with his own fragrance line. I had to ask myself, "is this supposed to smell like Gordon?" "Will this be the pre-race or post-race smell?" "What about it being a smell liken to oil or burnt rubber?" But seriously, the question is what do you smell like spiritually? Is your fragrance that which God would like or something that would repulse Him? Paul, the apostle of Christ, wrote, "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in victory through Christ. God uses us to spread His knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume. Our offering to God is to be the perfume of Christ that goes out to those who are being saved and to those who are being lost. (2 Corinthians 2:14-15)" I think back (way back) to High School and remember certain people that would wear way too much perfume that you could smell them even after they were gone. You could say that they left a lasting aroma. When Christians go out into the world they must also leave a long lasting aroma. People must be able to say of us that we smell like Christ. The long lasting scent of something good and pleasant. They must see Christ and His word living and working in us, even after we are long gone. Again, "what do you smell like?" The world around you that stinks, or after the One that leaves a lasting impression. God bless you in your spiritual efforts. Let me know if I can come and help you smell like Christ at your next event.