The Aroma of Christ

Perhaps you already know, but I LOVE the psalms! They just touch on almost everything, every emotion. Have you ever thought much about Ps 45:8? It says, "All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad." Now isn't that COOL??? If you love fragrance as I do, wouldn't it be cool for your clothing to be FRAGRANT? When you walk, wearing something like a robe, to smell that beautiful scent, wafting about you as your robe flows in the breeze? (Of course, in Tulsa, in the summertime, the breezes are rare...) But maybe you're allergic to perfume...BUMMER! Ok, then, let's suppose you're NOT. Wouldn't it be delightful to open your closet and have your favorite smell(s) immediately greet you? (without an allergic reaction)

Now, the above verse pertains to our Lord Jesus Christ, and He certainly DESERVES these things. But, that doesn't mean we won't get to partake of the same once we enter into eternity. I'm not being dogmatic, but I do believe it's a possibility.

Getting back to Him, though, think of Jesus Christ, the second member of the Godhead, perfectly sinless, clothing Himself with a human body that He created, clothing Himself with the womb of Mary, sweating in the carpenter shop, walking the dusty roads over which He traveled in His earthly body, accumulating the dirt, dust and mire of the earth on His feet which would be pierced with nails made with elements such as iron that He created by hands that He created...He Himself was the first to be an aroma of either death to death or life to life. Yes, He DESERVES to be clothed with garments that emit a delightful aroma! I love what Spurgeon says: The excellencies of Jesus are all most precious, comparable to the rarest spices; they are most varied, and to be likened not to myrrh alone, but to all the perfumes blended in due proportion. Note that not only is Jesus most sweet, but even His garments are so; everything that He has to do with is perfumed by His person. To attempt to spiritualise each spice here mentioned would be unprofitable, the evident sense is that all sweetnesses meet in Jesus, and are poured forth wherever He is present.

Spurgeon says more that I'd love to share with you, but this post is getting rather long. I'll end with a prayer that you and I will bear His lovely fragrance wherever we go.