有一位美國紐約的香水師宣稱，她能辨識某些香水中的成分，猜出那款香水的製造師。她只要聞一下就能知道，這香水是哪一位大師的作品。

使徒保羅寫信給哥林多地區的信徒時，舉了一個例子，讓信徒想起羅馬軍隊凱旋歸來，焚香慶祝的盛況（哥林多後書2章14節） 。將軍騎著馬走在凱旋行列的最前方，隨後是他的部屬，戰俘殿後。對羅馬人而言，焚香所帶來的香氣意味著勝利，但對戰俘來說，這香氣代表死亡。

保羅說，我們好比基督戰勝罪惡，獻給上帝的馨香之氣。上帝賜給我們基督的香氣，讓我們能散發出甜美芬芳的讚美祭。但是，在日常生活中，我們如何散發出基督的馨香呢？我們能以寬容和仁愛待人，傳揚福音幫助人們找到救恩之路；我們可以讓聖靈管理我們的心，結出仁愛、喜樂、恩慈的果子（加拉太書5章22-23節） 。

當人看到我們的時候，他們能夠認出我們是耶穌的作品嗎？我們是否願意，讓耶穌藉著我們散發祂的香氣，並告訴周遭的人有關耶穌的事蹟呢？祂是獨一無二的「香水師」，能調製全世界最優雅細膩的馨香之氣。

A perfumer who works in New York declares that she can recognize certain combinations of scents and guess the perfumer behind a fragrance. With just a sniff she can say, “This is Jenny’s work.”

When writing to the followers of Christ in the city of Corinth, Paul at one point used an example that would have reminded them of a victorious Roman army in a conquered city burning incense (2 Cor. 2:14). The general would come through first, followed by his troops and then the defeated army. For the Romans, the aroma of the incense meant victory; for the prisoners, it meant death.

Paul said we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ’s victory over sin. God has given us the fragrance of Christ Himself so we can become a sweet-smelling sacrifice of praise. But how can we live so we spread this pleasing fragrance to others? We can show generosity and love, and we can share the gospel with others so they can find the way to salvation. We can allow the Spirit to display through us His gifts of love, joy, and kindness (Gal. 5:22–23).

Do others observe us and say, “This is Jesus’s work”? Are we allowing Him to spread His fragrance through us and then telling others about Him? He is the Ultimate Perfumer—the most exquisite fragrance there will ever be.