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THROUGH US
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.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Every on-fire follower of Jesus Christ wants to make a difference in God's kingdom. Am I right? You don't wake up in the morning and say, "I just want to be a wallflower today. I want to spend the next 18 hours taking up space." Well, good news! God has chosen a very cool way for you and me to impact our generation and we'll talk about them on the broadcast this week in the series, Straight Up: Engaging in Ministry God Energizes. Though He could have chosen a million ways, God has ordained that His good news to the human race be delivered through us -through those who by faith have embraced Jesus as Lord. God assumes the risk of using just ordinary human instruments to carry His gospel to the world. Second Corinthians 2:14 describes it this way, " But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal processionand through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. " This verse is talking about the victory parade of a Roman army. When the army would return home, the people would line the streets and a guy would walk out in front of the army swinging an incense cantor. This great smell would go everywhere. And the crowds would roar and people would throw flowers-it was like an ancient ticker-tape parade. In Christ, you have a place in God's victory parade. Through us He sends out a message to the world about the gift of eternal life. God does His work of changing people for eternity. He does it through us ! He gets the good news out through regular, average, ordinary people like you and me. What scent does the world smell as you and I walk with them each day?-they smell Christ, the knowledge of Him spreads everywhere you go. Isn't that cool?! I want to be part of the train of people God is using to impact our generation; will you join me? Today, I want the fragrance of the knowledge of Him to permeate every place I go, every conversation I have, every attitude I knowingly or unknowingly convey, every thing I do. Wouldn't if be great if after being with us, people lift their noses and ask, "What's that great smell? It smells like . . . abundant life !" |