LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES....

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

Lie down in green pastures of Peace.  Learn to unwind whenever possible, resting in the Presence of your Shepherd.  This electronic age keeps My children "wired" much of the time, too tense to find Me in the midst of their moments.  I built into your very being the need for rest.  How twisted the world has become when people feel guilty about meeting this basic need!  How much time and energy they waste by being always on the go, rather than taking time seek My direction for their lives.

I have called you to walk with Me down paths of Peace.  I want you to blaze a trail for others who desire to live in My peaceful Presence.  I have chosen you less for your strengths than for your weaknesses, which amplify your need for Me.  Depend on Me more and more, and I will shower Peace on all your paths.

"Jesus Calling - Enjoying Peace in His Presence"

Fragrant Christians

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

"But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and . . . burn it upon the altar: it is a . . . sweet savour unto the Lord."    Leviticus  1:13
Christ . . . hath given himself . . . a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour."  Ephesians  5:2

     Everything has some distinctive, identifying odor all its own.  We may not be able to detect it with our limited sense of smell but it is there just the same.  A dog can detect the scent of a rabbit or a bird where we notice nothing.  Bees can detect intruders or bees from another hive right next to them by their different odor and immediately put them to death.  Ants will follow the trail of other ants for long distances merely by the scent.  The Christian, too, has a scent all his own.  The spiritual Christian  "smells like Jesus."  Christ is the perfectly fragrant One, and contact with Him determines our fragrance.  In the offering in the first chapter of Leviticus, the inwards and the bowels were to be burnt.  Inwards contain the "offal," the corruption and waste matter of the body.  It is offensive, putrid, and nauseating, to be carefully disposed of in private and never to be touched  (Deuteronomy  23:13).  It represents our sin and defilement.  It must be burned up and destroyed.

     The burnt offering is Jesus.  He became sin for us.  That loathsome, abominable thing - He took upon Himself and consumed it on the cross.  His sacrifice for our putrid, nauseating offal of sin becomes acceptable to God and a "sweet smelling savour."  Jesus is the fragrant One - all His garments  "smell of myrrh"  (Psalm 45:8).  To be much with Him is to  "smell like Him."

     A servant girl was sent into the fields by her mistress to gather myrtle of which she was very fond.  This  "bog myrtle"  was very fragrant, and after she had delivered it to her mistress she exclaimed,  "And didn't I smell lovely myself when I was done?"  The more we gather the flowers of Christ in the field of His Word, the more folks will detect His fragrance in our lives.

"Bread For Each Day"