What's on the Inside?

"Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow."
(Song of Solomon 4:16)

When the wind blows over the spices growing in the garden, it lifts the wonderful fragrance of those spices to fill the air. The same wind blows across the scrub bushes and the stink weeds, but with much difference results. It is what is the essence of the plant that counts, what is on the inside.

When questioned about food one time, the Lord said it isn't what goes into a person's stomach that defiles him/her, but rather what comes out of the heart. What is on the inside in your life?

The fragrance of the spices blesses those all around. God desires that His children are blessings everywhere they go. God gives us good gifts in order to glorify Himself among all the people groups of the world. (Ps. 67). Whether we are a blessing to others will depend on what is in our hearts. I hope as the winds of life blow across you, it releases the beautiful fragrance of the character of Christ.