Cartoonology Devotional 08-01-09

Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics.

Isn’t interesting how you can remember the way things smell? I still remember the smell of my mother cooking in the kitchen. This was when cooking in the kitchen was much different than it is today. There were no microwave ovens, no instant meals in a package and no canned biscuits, although I also remember when my mother started using canned biscuits. They weren’t as good as her homemade versions, but the thing I missed the most was eating the raw dough. And I still remember the smell and taste of that dough.

God must have a keen sense of smell, as well. Whenever the priests offered up sacrifices, it was quite commonly described as a sweet-smelling aroma to Him. Incense was used along with the sacrifice that would emit a sweet smelling aroma, but a close look at the scriptures indicate that the attitude of the worshipper and the sacrifice itself was sweet-smelling and pleasing to God.

Leviticus 1:9 (NKJV)
9 . . . And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.

Christ’s sacrifice on the cross is described in a similar way in the New Testament. It is described as sweet-smelling to God and it’s sure sweet-smelling to me, as well!

Ephesians 5:2 (NKJV)
2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. 08-01-09