Word of the Day
Beloved, I want to so change the paradigm of your thinking about Me and My essence which is ever present and has been from the very beginning…and will be to the very end of this natural life only to continue on and on and on and on. You get the point. I am never-ending and ever-present for you.
My fragrance is transformative and takes on many aromas throughout your life to become like a balm of healing in times of need, a spring like refreshment after a long battle, the sweet smell of a baby’s innocence in times of receiving forgiveness, or a pool of refreshing after a long desert experience.
Yes, breathing Me in needs to become as natural to you as breathing in the normal scents of everyday life. In fact, My aroma should be allowed by you to overrule all offending odors of unforgiveness, offenses, accusations, blame, criticism, fear, rejection, abandonment, anxiety, hopelessness, feeling unloved or unwanted, feeling insufficient or not up to the task. Instead, walk in the aroma of a love which holds no offense nor keeps account of any wrong (Ephesians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 13:5).
Yes, I am sweeter than the sweetness of delicate cakes, which can cause your mouth to water and make you want even more. Like a drug, My essence fills the deepest parts of your soul, your desires and does so down to a cellular level without the dangerous side effects of drugs, their very temporary or devastating results.
Therefore, come to My table…the King’s table and let Me pour My fragrance over you until your heart is encapsulated with drops of concentrated, poignant, anointed oil which drips from My fingers…which drips from My heart. In doing this, your hard places…your stony places will absorb who I am one drop at a time until all is made new…until all is so pliable that when squeezed by life only My essence will be released. Come experience the transforming aromas of My heart made just for you and the oil of joy will fill your life. Come and breathe My essence…My fragrance and be transformed…Read Complete Love Letter
While the king sits at his table [she said], my spikenard [my absent lover] sends forth [his] fragrance [over me]. (Song Of Solomon 1:12 Amplified)
It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. (1 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified)
And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance. (Ephesians 5:2 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, please remind me at all times that Your ways are higher than mine and that I may not always understand Your way of doing things. Help me to trust in all Your ways for they are the best and only way to truly prosper my life. Give me the peace that passes understanding knowing that You are always present (never-ending)…knowing You are always working even though I become tired and want to rest…to rest in a way that is not productive…resting in a way which leads to laziness or denial. Teach me to rest in You where I will gain strength to fly…to soar.
Lord, I truly thank You for you take care of me in every aspect of my life including all my dreams and desires. Each is important to you. Nothing escapes Your loving glance and care. I must not try to fulfill them myself but as I rest in the Truth…as I stand on the rock, all will be well.
Therefore, remind me to inhale deeply when I’m in Your presence just as I would inhale the beauty of a flower. Let Your smell…Your essence fill the inner most part of my being…let it waft into the crevices of every hidden and what I consider undesirable places until I am transformed into what You already know me to be. In this place of intimate receiving is where Your strength fills and heals me. Thank you for continually transforming me into Your image until I know as I am fully know…until living waters of Your essence flow as living waters on a moment by moment basis from my life. I breathe You in. Amen
Reflect and Journal
1. Do you trust that God’s way is better than your own or do you pick up things because they are not done in what you consider the correct amount of time?
2. Are you always trying to understand something before you completely turn it over to God?
3. Do you find yourself playing ping pong with God and continually giving and taking the problem back, especially when His answer seems a long time in coming?
4. Are you willing to let God change your way of thinking and if so, how can you on a practical level based on your life style and personality do this? In other words, what are you willing to lay down in order to have what you so desire, intimacy with Him?
5. Are you ready to let go and trust in God for everything even the things you are scared of or don’t understand?
6. Are you tired and need renewed strength and energy to do what God has given you to do? Do you think He will renew your strength and vigor like He does for everyone else? You are no exception to the rule. It is to whom so ever will.