The Fragrance of Christ

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2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

In Exodus, we read how the Lord told Moses to mix fragrant ingredients to form the oil to anoint the artefacts of the temple. This oil included myrrh, cinnamon and sweet-smelling cane. Anyone who worked in the temple would come out smelling like sweet herbs. It was the fragrance of worship.

Scripture tells us that those who know Jesus as Saviour will gain the aroma of the knowledge of Christ. Wherever they go, they will spread that fragrance. However, a person emanating the fragrance of Christ becomes a stench in the nostrils of those who do not know Christ. But when a worshipper of God is among fellow worshippers, his fragrance is the sweet smell of worship, like the scent of myrrh, cinnamon and sweet-smelling cane.

So, take courage when someone tells you that you’re getting up their nose. To those who love the Lord, you are the pleasant fragrance of life, but in the world, your fragrance will cause offence.  

God-tracking is coming out smelling like Christ.

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Exodus 30:22-30
2 Corinthians 2:14-16

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I Have Been Crucified with Christ

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Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Simon had come to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover with his boys. They were looking forward to the festival. As they entered the Via Dolorosa, they were confronted by Roman soldiers, driving a man to his crucifixion. The man was being whipped and mocked. He fell under the heavy cross. “You there,” called the centurion, “Carry his cross!”

Simon was horrified. It wasn’t simply helping this man that affected him. It was the fact that he would be associated with his crucifixion for all posterity. It would be as though Simon himself were being crucified!

Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him take up his cross, and follow me.” When you accept Christ as Lord, you choose to be crucified with him. The life you now live, you live by faith in the risen Christ who loved you and gave himself up for you.

God-tracking is picking up that cross to follow Jesus.

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Matthew 27:32-56
Matthew 16:24-26
Romans 6:1-11

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Contentment Is Great Gain

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1 Timothy 6:6
Now godliness with contentment is great gain.

How do we measure success? Do we measure it by productivity or a booming bank balance? Or do we measure success by achieving contentment?

Jeff ran a small business. He was soon making good money, but, sadly, he failed to acknowledge God and was never content. He pressed forward in blind ambition. One day, Jeff entered into a deal that failed. Soon his company collapsed, leaving him in debt and destitute.  

The scripture says that unless the Lord builds the house, the labourers labour in vain. It also says that whatever we do, we should walk in godliness and acknowledge God in all our ways. My encouragement to you today is to get out from under God’s feet and into his hands. Acknowledge the Lord and be content in the level of success he brings your way. As Benjamin Franklin Said, "Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor." 

God-tracking is being content to work hand-in-hand with God  

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Colossians 3:17
1 Timothy 6:6-8
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
Psalm 25:12-14
Psalm 1

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Run With Zeal

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1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Life can feel like a treadmill – round and round yet getting nowhere. It’s so easy to become caught up in the routine of Christian living and church. It’s only when we meet someone who is new to the faith and who’s hanging on every word, the Holy Spirit quickens to his heart that we realise that we’ve been treading the treadmill of Christian living and become indifferent to the presence of Jesus.

Your Lord has fresh blessings for you. So why not return to your first love and run with the zeal you had when you first came to know Jesus? Hang on to every word you read and every utterance of the Holy Spirit. God is gracious and compassionate; slow to anger and abounding in loving-kindness. His mercies are new every morning. So, turn from apathy and complacency and run the race with your eyes firmly set on Jesus.

God-tracking is never becoming complacent on the road of Christian living. 

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Revelation 2:2-5
Joel 2:12-13
Hebrews 12:2
1 Corinthians 9:24
Lamentations 3:22-23

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Through a Mirror Dimly

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“The Lord does have your life’s track clearly laid down before you, but until you trace every step by faith, you will not discover the beauty of the image of the masterpiece called you.”

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Colossians 1:23(a)
…if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast…

A while back, I was driving home one afternoon, pondering life (as one does). I was thinking about my family, my work, my past and the prospects of my future when suddenly it dawned on me that it seemed as though I was tracing the outline of a picture of my life through old-fashioned tracing paper. You know the type. It’s sort of greyish in colour and slightly transparent. I used tracing paper when I was a child for school projects. I’d find a good picture for my project and place the tracing paper over the picture, then, armed with an FF pencil, I’d trace the dim outline of the picture that I could see through the tracing paper. Then I’d transfer the image to my project. Nowadays, of course, kids simply copy and paste and print from the World Wide Web.

The more I thought about this analogy, the more it dawned on me that if I could see my whole life laid out neatly before me with all the details in place then what part would faith play in the great scheme of God’s masterpiece of who I am? And without faith we cannot please God. Faith is required to seek and track God’s plans, like using a pencil to trace the outline of an image through tracing paper. Faith looks forward to God’s reward; faith anticipates God’s provision, and faith is the substance of things hoped for. The Apostle Paul once said, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.” Indeed, we live by faith and not by sight!

Does it ever seem to you as though you’re looking at your life through tracing paper, as though all you can see is a basic, dim outline of the image before you? You do believe that God has painted a masterpiece of who you are, but from where you’re standing, all you can see are greyed-out and obscured outlines. Ultimately, the Lord does have your life’s track clearly laid down before you, but until you trace every step by faith, you will not discover the beauty of the image of the masterpiece called you.

God-tracking is tracing the obscured picture of your life by faith.

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1 Corinthians 13:11-13
Hebrews 11:1, 6
2 Corinthians 5:17

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I make a conscious decision now to take one day at a time and believe that you will help me trace my life’s track by faith and not by sight.”

“O Lord, sometimes I get so frustrated with life because I cannot see the wood for the trees. It seems that all I can see before me are greyed-out borders and obscured details. But now I realise that I have been using my own reason in planning my life instead of simply committing my ways to you and then walking in faith. Dear Lord, I make a conscious decision now to take one day at a time and believe that you will help me trace my life’s track by faith and not by sight. For your glory. Amen.”

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God is Enough

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“All else in life may shift like variable quantities in those scientific equations, but God’s love for you will remain constant forever.”

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1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV)
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Science tells us that a universal constant could be a physical constant, which is a quantity generally believed to be both common in nature and constant in time, for example, the speed of light. We use these constants in physics to set a standard as a balance in our equations so that the variables can be accurately adjusted. The variables in equations are the quantities that constantly change. To me, in the equations of life, the variable quantities are the ups and downs we endure, while the constants are God and the principles, purposes and precedents of his word.

The ancient writings of the Bible tell us that God is the Creator of the universe, including mankind. It’s not my intention to debate creation vs evolution here, but suffice to say that we all agree that the universe came into existence at one finite point in time. Since then, the whole universe has been in constant variation (probably as a result of the fall of mankind). The question that remains is what existed before that initial creative point? We believe that God has always existed – he is eternal and encompasses the timeline of infinity. The Bible says that God is and was and is to come. That is, he is constantly present. It also says that Jesus (who is God) is the same yesterday, today and forever. In other words, the Lord Almighty is the only true, reliable universal constant in the equations of life.

Do you feel that there are too many variables in your life inhibiting your hope for the future? Do you feel so frustrated with the many ups and downs you’re going through that you don’t know whether you’re coming or going? Are you longing for stability and consistency in your career, your relationships and your peace of mind? Well then, here’s the good news: the Lord your God is your one true constant in life. He is faithful and his love endures forever. He is dependable, trustworthy and consistent. His love for you endures your hardships, your difficulties, your disappointments and your losses. His love for you bears your frustrations, your failings and your flaws. All else in life may shift like variable quantities in those scientific equations, but God’s love for you will remain constant forever. As Hannah Smith said, “Nothing can separate you from God's love, absolutely nothing. God is enough for time; God is enough for eternity. God is enough!”

God-tracking is constantly relying on his consistent love.

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Revelation 1:7-8
Revelation 4:7-9
Hebrews 13:8
1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Romans 8:37-39
Psalm 136

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I believe that you will help me through my upheavals and balance the variables in my life.”

“Dear God Almighty, I want to truly thank you for your consistent love for me. I know now that your faithful love endures all my hardships and my failings. I am sorry, O Lord, for taking my eyes off your constant presence in my life. Today, I put my confidence in your constancy and declare that you are the one and only true constant in my life. Help me to face my ups and downs in the knowledge that your love and your faithfulness never change. I believe that you will help me through my upheavals and balance the variables in my life. Thank you, Lord. Amen.”

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Hope for 2026

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“If 2026 appears anything less than rosy from where you’re standing today, then don’t give up but look up into the eyes of Jesus and say, 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’”

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Philippians 1:6
…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Here’s wishing you and yours a truly hope-filled and blessed 2026. One thing I have learned, as I have tracked the plans of God throughout my life, is this: God’s new is always new, and in this New Year, I believe He is doing a new thing in your life. Be encouraged to live expectantly of God’s plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

In a world faced with terrorism, rampant secularism and Christian persecution and war, it’s so good to know that the Lord our God has made a way for us to walk in peace and hope. In Christ, we enjoy a surpassing peace; not peace as the world knows it, but a deep inner peace in whatever conflict we may face. And the hope that he has given us comes from the faith generated by the words of Jesus, the author and perfecter of our lives.

Jesus faced opposition on every side, yet he rested in God’s perfect will for his life even when it cost him his life on the cross. However, Jesus faced crucifixion in full confidence that the Spirit of God would raise him from the dead and seat him at the right hand of God in glory. We are called follow this example by fixing our eyes on Jesus and not on the difficulties surrounding us, gleaning from the faith his word produces in us.

God-tracking, therefore, is facing every new day and every new year and every new challenge with faith and confidence that he will guide us through troubled, needy times with great peace, in the hope of his good plans for our lives. Corrie Ten Boom said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” If 2026 appears anything less than rosy from where you’re standing today, then don’t give up but look up into the eyes of Jesus and say, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

God-tracking is facing the future with peaceful confidence  

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Jeremiah 29:11
Hebrews 12:1-3
Philippians 4:4-8 & 12-13
Romans 10:17

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I rest in the peace of Jesus and have faith in the hope that your word brings to my life.”

“Dear Lord, thank you for bringing me this far. As I face the New Year, I know that you will always remain faithful to your word to guide and bless me according to your great plans for my life. Help me, therefore, to faithfully track your plans and purposes by keeping my eyes on Jesus and acknowledging you in all my ways. I trust that you will meet my needs and open the doors to your purposes for me this year. I rest in the peace of Jesus and have complete faith in the hope that your word brings to my life. Amen.”

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