The Odor of the Harvest

Last night, we took the kids on a walk for about an hour and a half. We like to think of it as a “power-walk” when really the power was just getting the kids in the strollers and out there.

The seasons are changing and the harvest is beginning to come in. At night as the weather changes, a light mist and breeze begins to set in and the feel of Autumn is in the air. As we were walking, we would pass by a vineyard about every five minutes or so. The vines are almost to the ground and grape-laden ready to be harvested. While walking past the vineyards, the beautiful and powerful aroma of the harvest would waft past us. It was a perfume of nature worn once a year.

My mind went back to the early chapters of Leviticus where God commanded a sacrafice with a sweet savor. The smell of the smoking meat had to be very pleasing as the people came near the temple. Then we see that God requested incense to be mixed in with the sacrifice to cover anything that would not smell pleasing. Just like the vineyard harvest, every act of worship had to sweetly draw the worshipper to pleasing conduct before Yahweh.

May we be so sensitive in our worship that passers-by smell the fruit of our lives. A good friend said to me that “fruit is what people taste and we need people to taste the Lord and see that He is good.” I totally agree, but I think they’ll smell us coming first.

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