Bucharest, Romania
In
August, when I was in Uganda, God’s Word really started coming alive
to me. God put it on my heart to read through the Old Testament. Now,
I typically just stick to the New testament because it seems to be
more applicable, easier to understand, and down right straight
forward. Normally, I am not the best at dissecting narrative or even
figuring out how it applies to my life. But man, these words seemed
to jump off the page at me. I was so engaged and captivated by every
word. I started seeing tons of repetition and a lot of comparisons
between the Old and New Testament. Below are 2 things that really
stood out to me:
PLEASING
AROMA: In
Exodus and Leviticus, God is super thorough in explaining how to make
offerings and sacrifices. If all the rules and guidelines are
followed, the result will be an aroma
pleasing to the Lord.
SALT:
Leviticus 2:13 says, “Season
all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the
covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all
your offerings.�
To
recap: It was obviously important to add salt
to all offerings and if God’s rules on offerings were followed, He
considered it a pleasing
aroma.
The
ultimate offering, the ultimate sacrifice was made on the cross by
the blood of Jesus. We are no longer held under the law- we no longer
have to make these sacrifices or offerings.
In
2 Corinthians 2:15, it says,
“For
we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and
those who are perishing.�
In
Matthew 5, it says that we are the salt of the earth.
So,
instead of our offerings having to have salt and thus be a pleasing
aroma, we are those things.
WE ARE HIS SALT.
WE ARE A PLEASING AROMA
TO HIM.
Our
identity is not found in what we do, but in WHO. WE. ARE.
