Inhale My Sweetness

Word of the Day
Beloved, My instructions for you this day are this; INHALE MY SWEETNESS! Inhale the very essence of who I am. To do so will take only a few moments of time with Me…a few moments away from the busyness of your life. Make the sacrifice. I promise you it will be worthwhile. I know sometimes you need a little help…a few inspirational ideas so; I have chosen to give you some examples in order to stir your heart.

Relax and take a deep breath and confess with your mouth, “I will inhale and receive the sweetness of the Lord today. I say the name Jesus and the fragrance of His person is poured out in me.”

Close your eyes and remember a scent which has brought you pleasure. It could have been the aroma of a rose when you buried your face in its petals or wafts of fresh bread being baked as it filled the atmosphere around you creating deep hunger…so much hunger you could image cutting the first slice…you could see butter melting into every tiny crevice. It could be the scent of a baby fresh from the bath all covered in lotion as they emanated a fragrance of innocence and love which demanded a response of sweet kisses for your heart was enraptured.

Beloved, there are so many examples of inspiration to choose from like rain on a spring day, perfume on the one you love, the smell of a new car, freshly ploughed fields, a new puppy breathing on your neck, the smell of someone you love as they enfold you in their embrace, fresh coffee, cookies just out of the oven and so many more. All are personal and have the power to evoke a sense of well-being. They are reference points to help you inhale My sweetness…to experience My aroma by remembering something with which you are familiar.

Go ahead! Take a chance and breathe Me in. Do so knowing I am forever near you. Receive by faith and know I am infusing you with My essence so that everywhere you go others will stop, inhale and experience Me even though they may not know Me (2 Corinthians 2:14-15). Come and enjoy My fragrance just as I enjoy yours. Breathe Me in by consciously acknowledging each breath as such thereby, experiencing an infusion which can never be taken away.

Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you. (Song Of Solomon 1:3 NKJ)

The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song Of Solomon 2:13 Amplified)

But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: (2 Corinthians 2:14-15 Amplified)

Prayer
Lord, it is my greatest desire to be with You…to inhale Your sweetness…Your presence. Draw me and show me how to utilize the little moments of my life to build intimacy with You. Sometimes I think that if I do not have large chunks of time there is no need, for what could a one little minute matter. A day is a thousand years to you and a thousand years as a day; therefore, a minute can be more than I could ever imagine. One moment in Your presence is better than a thousand other days.

Show me where I can make time. Help me to get up earlier or stay up later just so I can spend that intimate time with you. Please forgive me for letting my day slip by…for letting it slip away among the many hectic things of life. I wake up with good intentions and before I know it the day is gone, never to be recaptured.

I declare this is a new day and I open up all my senses to let the perfume of Your presence surround me…to fill me from the inside out! Come ravish my heart. Come stir the waters of my being until I am consumed and filled by You.

Sometimes You feel so far away; but, I know this is not true. Come stir me for I need to feel Your Presence reminding me You are still here. Thank you for continually wooing me…for drawing the living waters from deep within until I am flooded with a realization of Your beauty and fragrance. Overflow my heart…overflow out of my life into others…into dry and weary places. Please help me to become a pure vessel that you can use. Fill me Lord…ah… please fill me with more and more realization and revelation of Your great Love!

I ask that You show me areas of my heart which prohibit the full expression of Your character. What lies have I believed…what can I do…how can I be obedient to You in order to grow…in order to live a life demonstrative of your character. Stir up the desire in me to love and partake of Your Word more and to know that You have given me answers for my life in Your word…to know Your Presence is my life and strength. May the sweetness of Your Presence overtake my life. Amen

Reflect and Journal

1. Do you view the small moments…the emergency prayers…the quick I love You Jesus as important and full of power and beauty? Are you waiting somehow to have that “quality” time with Him and it doesn’t seem to happen according to what you think it should be? Do you think the Lord would rather you have moments throughout the days of your life or a here and there quality time? Ponder these questions and re-evaluate your time with Him and determine to see and capture every moment of your life as opportunities to breathe in His essence…His presence.
2. Take a moment right now and close your eyes…remember something that you love to smell and breathe it in. All beautiful smells come from Him and I imagine they smell like Him…like a rose…like rain in the spring. Use your imagination and do this. As a result your heart will be softer and you will be drawn to the Lord. Write down what you sense.
3. Do you have a dry and weary place? If so, concentrate on this place and invite the rains of spring from the Father to come and flood you with life and love.