Today is the 8th of January. A New Year, a new month and a new day. Symbolically the number 8 means new beginnings. If you are wanting a new beginning, a new day, a fresh start, a true do over today would be a great day to begin one.
Today I woke up to the smell of soup. I don’t particularly like food smells in my house. I like the house to smell like clean laundry, vanilla, or cinnamon, but not food. Soup is one of those rare smells however in the food category that I never mind the smell of. It means my husband got up earlier than I and started a pot of what will later be a comforting and nourishing meal. Today however we are on a liquid fast. We are not planning to eat the soup but give it away. We know just who we plan to bless, with this comforting concoction. Today this is a sacrifice.
Genesis 8:21 (KJV) “The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.”
Ephesians 5:2 (KJV) ” and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.”
Yes, today this is a sacrifice. This soup is a sweet smelling sacrifice for others. There are 43 Bible verses about smells. Not everything in life is about us or for us. One of things Christ life shows us, is that our life itself is to be a sweet smelling sacrifice unto God. He smells the aroma of our life. We can be a stench or a sweet smelling aroma.
Today let’s fill God’s house with the fragrance of love and obedience. Let’s take some time to praise Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (KJV) “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life and who is adequate for these things?”
Your new beginning can start right now. Begin to thank Him for all that He has brought you through and all that He has done. From there I think you will begin to catch on. He will lead you. If you get lost try reading John 3:16.
Today I woke up to the smell of soup. I don’t particularly like food smells in my house. I like the house to smell like clean laundry, vanilla, or cinnamon, but not food. Soup is one of those rare smells however in the food category that I never mind the smell of. It means my husband got up earlier than I and started a pot of what will later be a comforting and nourishing meal. Today however we are on a liquid fast. We are not planning to eat the soup but give it away. We know just who we plan to bless, with this comforting concoction. Today this is a sacrifice.
Genesis 8:21 (KJV) “The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.”
Ephesians 5:2 (KJV) ” and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.”
Yes, today this is a sacrifice. This soup is a sweet smelling sacrifice for others. There are 43 Bible verses about smells. Not everything in life is about us or for us. One of things Christ life shows us, is that our life itself is to be a sweet smelling sacrifice unto God. He smells the aroma of our life. We can be a stench or a sweet smelling aroma.
Today let’s fill God’s house with the fragrance of love and obedience. Let’s take some time to praise Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (KJV) “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life and who is adequate for these things?”
Your new beginning can start right now. Begin to thank Him for all that He has brought you through and all that He has done. From there I think you will begin to catch on. He will lead you. If you get lost try reading John 3:16.
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