Sweet Savor Offerings

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The perfection of Christ in all His path was that He never did anything to be seen of men; it all went entirely up to God. Thus the savor of the meat offering was sweet to the priests, but it all was addressed to God. In Christ’s service to man, the Holy Spirit was in all His ways, but all the effect of the grace in Him was always toward God, even if it were for man. And so it should be with us; nothing should come in, as a motive, except what is to God. In Ephesians 4:3232And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:32) and 5:1-2, we see grace of our Lord Jesus Christ toward man and the perfection of man toward God as the object. “Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.” In all our service as following Christ here, we get these two principles: our affections toward God and our Father and the operation of His love in our hearts toward those in need. We may love up and love down — love up to God and down to man. In the meal offering, the priests could smell the sweet savor, but it was not offered to them; it was all burned to God. As regards His own path, there was not a feeling that was not entirely up to God — for us, but to God. It was that which was perfectly acceptable to God.
J. N. Darby (adapted)