DAILY READINGS: Gen. 30; Job 40-41; Matt. 16:13 to 17:13
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish. 2 Corinthians 2:15
Years ago I had a bookmark that read, “Nothing honours God more than the imitation of His Son.” That we can aspire to such a goal is staggering as is God’s suggestion that this is even possible. The hymn writer said it thus: “And is it so, I shall be like Thy Son?” Today let us purpose to live for God as the fragrance of Christ—to live in such a way that we may “perpetually remind God of the obedience, sacrifice, and devotion of the Lord Jesus and that our words and deeds may recall to His heart similar ones in the earthly life of Jesus.” —M. MacMullen
All like thee, for Thy glory like thee Lord,
Object supreme of all, by all adored. —J. N. Darby