Heaven Scent--Can you smell Him

For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. -2Cor 2:15 

The sense of smell is a very powerful thing, a scent can trigger memories both good and bad. They can take you back to a place in a moment. I know when I smell bubblegum I think of my Great Grandmother "Gran-momma" she always had bubblegum on top of the refrigerator for all her grandkids. We would always run straight to the kitchen hop up on a chair and grab a piece, it was always there NEVER fail. So even now when I smell bubblegum I am quickly reminded of my wonderful Gran-momma. It activates a very special place in my heart and I'm flooded with sweet memories of my Gran-momma.....We all have our very own memories attached to certain scents. 

I read a true story about a little girl who was born premature and they did not expect her to live. She was so tiny that no one could even touch her until she was over 2 months old. But by the grace of God this child survived and is in perfect health, and 5 years later she was sitting in her mother's lap in the bleachers of a local ballpark where her brothers  baseball team was practicing.

As always, she was chattering non-stop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across her chest, she asked, "Do you smell that?" Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, her mother replied, "Yes, it smells like rain."

She closed her eyes and again asked, "Do you smell that?" Once again, her mother replied, "Yes, I think we're about to get wet, it smells like rain. Still caught in the moment, she shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, "No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest." 

The aroma of Christ...This child recognized the smell of God. She knew it well, because the first 2 months of her life while no one on this earth could touch her God had kept her cradled in His arms.

 I know the smell of Christ, it's not like anything I can describe but I sense it every time He comes close to me. It's that smell that first attracted me to Him in the first place, I can't really explain it but it activated a place deep inside my heart. I had been searching for something my entire life, and when I found Him I knew it! It was Christ! ...Can you smell Him?

I recognize Heaven's scent every time I come near someone who spends time in His presence; again it activates the deepest place in my heart. It is this supernatural aroma that draws the lost to Him. Every time we step into His throne room and soak in His presence we leave saturated in the sweet aroma of Christ. When we come in contact with the lost, it's this scent that will activate their hearts and attract them to Him. 

Have you ever walked into one of those gas stations where they fry chicken? (Yes, I'm from the South) As soon as you walk in that smell attaches itself to you and it's next to impossible to get out of your clothes. It just STICKS to you like glue--everyone knows that smell. 

We smell like our surroundings; the places we spend most of our time.  Do you smell like the world? Or do you smell like Him?

Saturate yourself in the presence of God--Can you smell Him? 

Pastor Brandiilyne

Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ...Rom 13:14