WEAR THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST

Main Scriptures: Jn.12:2-3

More Scriptures: Jn.10:27, Gen.18:19, Rom.12:1

Welcome to the month of June 2021. I pray that you and I will grow to know Jesus Christ more and strengthen our relationship with Him so that we can become like him to our sheep and the marketplace of life. Amen. Some time back, I drove my children to school with my wife in the car with us. Several minutes after the children had been dropped at their various schools, my wife suddenly turned to me and asked, “who sprayed my perfume?” I asked, “how did you know”?  And she said that she perceived it. The truth was that her daughter actually wore the perfume before we left home that morning. The fragrance of the ointment was perceived by the person who owned it.  That speaks to who you are as the good and godly husbandman-wearing the fragrance of Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman.

There they made a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment (Jn.12:2-3). I want you to note two very important things from the Scriptures. The first is that the fragrance was very costly. Secondly, it filled the house long after the incident. Your life as the head of your family is expected to leave a lasting positive impact in the lives of your wife and children. Even when your sheep are away from home, the people around them should see the influence your life has made in their lives. God wants to testify about you, and He wants you to leave a sweet fragrance in your sheepfold. Now, consider this in Gen.18:19. For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him (Gen.18:19).

So, how do I wear the fragrance of Jesus Christ and smell good to my wife and children? The first is what you do with what you have learnt from the word of God about your role as the godly husbandman, what you say, how you respond to them during their low and high moments, what you think about them in your heart. All of these influence the quality of relationship you will have with your wife and children. If your words are filled with grace; if you celebrate them for those little achievements or results, they achieve; if you consider and treat them as God’s gifts to you, you become a strong voice and a sweet fragrance in their lives. And that’s what the Scripture explains in Jn.10. For my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me (Jn.10:27). When your voice of positive influence is loudest in the lives of your wife and children, then you can say that your house is filled with the sweet fragrance of godly ointment.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, anoint me with fresh oil to be a positive influence over and in the lives of my wife and children.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me by Your Spirit to function in my office as the good and godly husbandman.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me with divine wisdom so that I can become a sweet fragrance to my wife and children.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, and I reflect His nature and character to my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly man, husband and father in Jesus Name. Amen.

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