Savor is defined by Webster as a distinguishing smell that delights and has distinctive characteristics in its’ presence. We all know the difference between the moldy/musky and the fresh/airy smells when we are out and about. Recently I had to go nosing around at an antique mall where I was searching for a replacement of an old hand blown glass window pane from the 1800 era. They had some stacks of salvaged windows piled in a musty basement which one of the men offered to help me search. So with my measuring tape and a strong helper, I leaned over and examined them one by one while he maneuvered the windows. When we finished the search, he quietly said to me, “Your hair smells good”. I said, “Thank You” (I knew he didn’t have alzheimer’s cause he could smell even over that stale musty basement enclosure) Have you ever had someone walk by you who was wearing a certain perfume that you immediately associated with another individual who always wore that scent? Was it a sweet savor or stinky sweet? You know what I mean was it- overpowering ..lingering….suffocating…or pleasant…refreshing…appealing? God created all things with a unique savor. Even hound dogs can track by smell. If we have our own savor, does GOD have a scent? What does the Bible say? 11Corth.2:14-16 “Now thanks be to GOD , who always leads us to triumph in CHRIST, and makes manifest the SWEET SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM IN EVERY PLACE. FOR WE ARE A SWEET SAVOR (FRAGRANCE) OF CHRIST TO GOD AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING” Eph.5:2 “Be followers of God….walk in love, as CHRIST also has love us, and has given himself for us an OFFERING and a SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A SWEET-SMELLING SAVOR” What is your fragrance of choice?
THE LIVING GOD #SWEET SAVOR
