Birds of a feather flock together. This old saying means similar people stay together and are drawn to each other. It could be a group of friends, a marriage, or a business partnership. These relationships rub off on us. We begin to reflect the fragrance of those closest to us.
What fragrance are we reflecting in our lives?
In 2 Corinthians 2:15 it says, “Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.”
It’s my hope that I’m reflecting the fragrance of my Creator. When I reflect my Creator, it permeates everything I do, everything I say and everything I desire for my life.
Reflecting the fragrance of my Creator helps me…
Love the unlovable;
Put others before myself when I want to be selfish;
Keep calm in the chaos;
Be strong in the trials of life;
When we stay around people, we become like those people. A different way of saying this is, we are who we hang around.
So, who are we hanging around with? Are we hanging around people who bring us joy, encouragement, and love? Or are we spending time with people who bring pain, discouragement, and hate?
Here’s the beauty of these questions, it shows me and hopefully you, we can choose who we allow into our lives.
Yes, we have a choice about who we allow influencing our lives. We don’t always get a chance to decide who we spend time with, but we get to decide what we let into our hearts. We can choose whether or not we allow their negativity and discouragement into our lives.
How can we do this?
By knowing what fragrance we need to reflect. We need to reflect the person who knows us more intimately than our closest friend or relative, the One who wants to see us succeed. God wants us to be better. God wants us to achieve our dreams.
We don’t need to be better so He loves us more. No, God can’t love us any more or any less than He already does at this exact moment.
You are highly cherished and loved beyond measure.
He wants us to be better so we can fulfill the calling He’s put on our lives. We want to reflect the fragrance of what He has called us to do, which is to reflect His love and goodness.
The fragrance of those around us rubs off on us. Who’s fragrance are we reflecting?