Plug In!

In my office at work, I have this great little device from Bath & Body Works plugged into an outlet. You screw a scent bottle into it and it gently heats up the oil, making the fragrance radiate around the room. Being a school nurse, you can just imagine why I would need an air freshener in my office!

The plug in is not elaborate, it has no flashing lights, no beautiful color, it is not a focal point in the room. So many pass by it everyday, and never realize that it is even there. But, I cannot tell you how many compliments I have had. The sweet coconut scent feels the air, and I notice people stopping for a minute and taking a deep breath. Many have commented that they feel as though they are on the beach when they walk into the room! One woman says that she just wants to bring a beach towel and a book and hide away for awhile. Wow! How can a little $3 plug in mean so much to so many?

Same for our christianity! If we are living close to God, if we are where we are supposed to be, then God will radiate through us.......and others will take notice! We won't have to have flashing lights over our heads pointing to us with big letters spelling out CHRISTIAN!!! We won't have to have a christian t-shirt on or a Godly bumper sticker on our car. (Not that those things are bad). What I'm saying is.....God is light! If He is in us as we proclaim, then He's going to shine out somewhere in us so others can see Him, through us! You see, people don't come into my office and say, 'Oh what a beautiful plug in you have!' No....they comment on the wonderful smell that is in the air!

I have to stay stocked up on my Bath & Body plug in fragrances, let me tell you! If I run out, then the smell is gone, and believe me, people take notice! Same with our christian walk. We let that sin, whatever it is in your life that bothers you, we let it in, and it hinders God's light from shining through us. Without that fragrance oil, that plug in is nothing! Let us never forget that we are nothing, Christ alone makes us worthy! So, stay in God's Word, stay in that prayer closet and continue to seek God's face, stay at the foot of the cross and let God's fragrance bloom through you so that others will see Him!!