1/3/2024
“For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” (2 Corinthians 2:15)
The born-again child of God is God’s fragrance of Christ to the unsaved. Fragrances have one characteristic which is, they attract. If someone wears an expensive perfume, you are likely to take notice of the person and find him or her appealing. In the same way, you are God’s perfume in Christ, and everything about your life is appealing to those who are unsaved. You may be looking at the flaws in your life and condemning yourself as unfit to share the gospel but the unbelievers in your family, workplace, school and community look at you with secret admiration. They may not confess it to you outrightly but they admire you for the fragrance of Christ that you are to them.
In Romans 8:19, the Bible says that “...the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.” You represent a hope that the rest of creation intuitively know that they need. This is why you’ve got to open your mouth and share the gospel. It’s not enough to be attractive to unbelievers, you’ve also got to manifest something tangible that they can use to enter into the Kingdom of God. This thing that you manifest is preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:13-14).
The attraction of unbelievers to you as a representation of God’s grace and love because of the way you conduct yourself must be used to speak to them about Jesus. This year, there will be ample opportunity in the form of curiosity, criticism and direct requests for you to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, be sincere to tell the truth as to why you pray, quote the Bible or see the world the way you do by introducing your hearers to Jesus.
Trust me, even if you think it’s your good looks, baritone voice or work ethic that makes your person appealing to unbelievers, it is not. God says you are His fragrance of Christ and He cannot lie.
This is the reason why you must be perceptive and seize the opportunities to share the gospel when unbelievers are drawn to you. Share the gospel with them. Heal them and be the answer to their financial needs.
You are God’s fragrance of Christ to your world.
Faith-Filled Confession
I am God’s fragrance of Christ to my world. Therefore, as I attract unbelievers in my world, I bring them to Christ through the preaching of the Gospel. No one that I minister to escapes the mercy of God. Hallelujah!
PRAYER DIRECTION
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Pray and declare that today is your day of JOY and Thank the Lord for flooding your life with joy.
Nehemiah 8:10
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
2. Declare that you and your household are disconnected from every form of sorrow and grief in the might name of Jesus. Because the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Genesis 30:22-24
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
3. Pray for those who are expecting children; Pray that they will be pregnant this year and carry their pregnancy to full term in the mighty name of Jesus.
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