Sweet Savour II

Friday 6 March
READ: Ps 50: 5
MORE LESSON: Ps 50: 5 - 15

God demands sacrifices that will give Him sweet savour, not because He has need of our offerings for the cattle on a thousand hills belong to Him (Ps 50: 10 -11). God demands sacrifices from us because He wants to enter into a covenant of blessing with us. God blesses but there are conditions and if you meet God's conditions then you will get His blessing. When it was time for Isaac to hand over the blessing of the covenant to one of his sons, he asked for the sweet smelling savour, And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die: Gen 27:4.

We all know that Isaac could easily have called the son he wanted to bless, and give him the blessing without any savoury meal. But the Scripture is communicating to us the dimensions of blessings that you cannot access except by sacrifice. Jacob got the blessing because of the savoury meal. Sweet smelling savour also is what makes the difference between Abel and Cain; God accepted Abel's offering and rejected Cain's because Abel's offering brought a sweet smelling sacrifice to God, And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: Gen 4:4. It is not enough to bring just any offering to God, make sure your offering is sacrificial and will bring forth a sweet flavour. There are some dimensions of answer to prayer that come only when your sweet sacrifice speaks and not by fasting and prayer, Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me: Psa. 50:14-15.

However, sweet savour is not all about money, it is about your life. The greatest sacrifice you can present to God is your life. There is a way you live that attracts God to your life. Some people don’t know how to have good relationship with others, thus they lack a sweet smelling savour, and they repel people around them; so also a man living in sin and rebellion repels God, no matter what offering he gives. Such life does not give a sweet smelling savour but a stench to God. A sacrifice from such a life will not bring blessing but curse. This is the reason the Holy Spirit makes us to know that the sweet savour which is acceptable to God is a life given to the Lord, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service: Rom 12:1.

Prayer/Action
* Say, Father, let Heaven be attracted to my life for blessing today.
*Ask God to remember your sacrifices and offerings this month for divine intervention.
* Ask God for grace to live a life that is acceptable to God.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I prophesy today that my glory shall not be reduced or stolen by robbers of destiny.