The knowledge of God is unlike any other knowledge. We know God in a deep spiritual sense with capacities that grasp things that are beyond the senses. We can only ever truly know God in a deeply relational sense as his Spirit communes with our spirit. Communicating what we know about God is also therefore an activity unlike any other. We cannot ‘sell’ God as one would sell a good idea or a helpful product. We cannot convince people intellectually about God, because God cannot be grasped by the intellect. The only way that people receive the knowledge of God is by the work of God’s Spirit through us to them. It is a mysterious process that Paul likens here to breathing in a wonderful aroma worn by another person. Our responsibility is to connect with people in love and to share our testimony of Christ with them. It is only as we draw close to other people in love and care that they will sense the fragrance of God in us. In order to be heralds of the knowledge of God, therefore, we ourselves must be filled with this fragrance. When we stray from God the fragrance fades but when we draw near to God, as we are filled with his Spirit, as we seek him and worship him, we will be filled with the fragrance of his Spirit, which will then emanate from our lives. When this happens we not only become heralds of truth, we become vessels of truth. Be filled with God and spread the fragrance.
Spend some time waiting on God. Pray that God would reveal himself through you to those around you.
Read 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
