Oh to know the Sweet Aroma to the LORD!

In my daily quiet time this morning I have just finished reading the book of Exodus and began to read the 1st chapter of Leviticus. I was caught up in the beautiful way Moses was always obedient to the LORD. The tabernacle preparations have been completed and the day has arrived to raise it up. Oh what an experience as each piece was erected to the glory of God. So as it was finished, the LORD's Glory came down in the form of a cloud and filled the tabernacle! No one went into the tabernacle. Then the joy of serving the Lord began. The people were instructed how to bring their unblemished offerings that would be burned for a "sweet aroma to the LORD".
There it was over and over in my reading~"the offering became~a aweet aroma to the LORD."
So here enlies the joy! As we serve the Lord our offering becomes our obedience which become a sweet aroma to the LORD and He will show us His glory! I have found this true in my own life.
Not so long ago on a Saturday that God's Provisons (church clothes closet) opened I had read Romans 4 that morning. I had a moment of vs 4 jumping off the page. 4."Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt."

So I went that morning realizing there are many good intentioned folks that believe if they work for the Lord in doing certain steps they will get to heaven. Jesus said I am the Way the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father except by Me! I spoke to the people that came that day about works. About the love of God for them given as a gift not to be earned but to accept by trusting Jesus Christ as their Saviour! I told them in my life before Christ I was a pretty good person and treated other folks well. I went to church everytime the door was open and I made sure my boys were raised in church. Yet for all the good I did I would have split hell wide open if I had died. I asked for anytone who wanted to give a testimony and had one lady who did. Afterwards a man lingered behind and I sat down with him for a while and spoke to him about Jesus love for him. I asked him if he was ready to accept God's gift and he said he wanted to but he just wasn't sure he could do it right then. I told him it was between himself and God and that I didn't want to give him the idea he was to do it for me. I prayed with him and could see he was shaken but reluctant. I told him I hoped to see him in heaven one day and that this was the day of his salvation and it was a choice. God would not force Himself on himl It was a gift that he had to take for himself.
So for my obedience I felt the joy from the Lord and knew my obedience had been a sweet aroma to Him.
You see we are not responsible for the results of our obenient actions, that is up to God. Yet I know that the truth shared with David that day will come back to his mind and God will continue to draw him. Maybe through another encounter with an obedient Christian.
So as my godly husband often says "when you know, you know!" I am real today and so grateful that the Lord showed me how sinful my prideful, arrogant heart was several years back. It is my life goal to walk in His ways and tell others of the hope He has given me! In this life we will have troubles but oh the joy to know Jesus has overcome this world. One day we will see Him face to face and my prayer is that I will hear "well done my good and faithful servant". How about you?
Who are you living for? Your family? Your success in this life? Or the One who loved you and gave his life for You?

Thanks for reading and Keep the Faith.