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FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST! – 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 Devotional

by | Jan 28, 2020 | 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 2:14-15

“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.”

When bread is first taken out of the oven there is an intense aroma that wafts across our senses that seemingly draws us to come closer. FRESH BAKED BREAD! Oh, the sheer delight! The aroma has announced the prize. You can hardly wait to taste the wonderful flavor of hot bread fresh from the oven.

The next day you notice the remainder of the bread sitting on the counter, but something has changed. Yesterday’s wonderful aroma has faded.There may be a hint of the original smell of fresh baked bread, but not at the same intensity as the day before.

By the third day what is left of the loaf has become stale and its aroma lost. It has become nothing but dried out unappealing bread. You can still remember what it had once been, but it just does not have that fragrant aroma that was so captivating when fresh.

As we read today’s Scripture, we are told that we are to be the aroma of Christ to those around us. What fragrant aroma of Christ, do people sense when they are around you?  Do you think they will want to “taste and see that the Lord is good?”  Will they come to you when they desire spiritual counsel? I pray that others may find in you the fragrance of Christ!

May God richly bless others by your words and actions!

– – – Pastor Cecil   

TO LIVE IS CHRIST! – 2 Corinthians 5:6 Devotional

by | Jan 16, 2020 | 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 5:6

“So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.”

We never know how close we are to eternity! In 1953 I had completed basic training in California.  Approximately fifty of us new Airmen were being flown to Amarillo, Texas in an outdated military transport plane left over from World War II.

One of the flight crew notified us that we would be making a stop in New Mexico. Just as we landed, one of the two propellers stopped. We were stranded there for several hours while the necessary repairs were made. One of the mechanics happened to mention that it was fortunate we were near the airbase when the trouble hit. Yikes!

Thinking about it now, I realize that we could very easily have crashed and I would have been ushered into eternity! I have had other close calls that reveal to me that we are just a heartbeat from eternity!

I want to live in such a way that others will see Christ in me. Not only did Paul express his commitment to live only for Christ, he demonstrated it by the way he lived. If ever there was an example of a sold-out Christian life, it was the apostle Paul. Let me close for today with Paul’s statement in Philippians 1:21: “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” 

Blessings dear hearts.  May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

 – – – Pastor Cecil