"ஆதவன்" தியானம் - 1994
"AATHAVAN"
Meditation – 1994
July 24, Friday2026
“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore, the maidens love you.” — Song of Solomon 1:3
The name of our Lord Jesus Christ carries a fragrance far sweeter than any perfumed oil. Indeed, its scent continues to spread across the entire world to all people today, even after two thousand years.
Today’s meditation verse says, “Therefore the maidens love you.” That is to say, guiltless people, like pure maidens redeemed by the Lord, love Him. Moreover, those who possess a true, heartfelt desire to overcome sin also perceive His divine fragrance.
The Apostle Paul expresses this very truth:
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;” — 2 Corinthians 2:14–15
This fragrance of Christ first leads us to triumph. Furthermore, through us, it diffuses a scent so that others may come to know Him. When someone enters a room wearing an expensive perfume, doesn't it cause everyone to turn and look? In the same way, if the fragrance of Christ rests upon us, it identifies us to those around us.
Back then, when Mary anointed the feet of Jesus Christ with precious nard, the entire house was filled with its fragrance, bringing joy to all. We read of this event:
“Mary then took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” — John 12:3
Like Mary, we too proclaim the fragrance of Christ to the world.
However, those with a mindset like Judas do not appreciate this fragrance. Because he had the heart of a thief, it is written:
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it. — John 12:5–6
Yes, dear beloved, to the wicked and those who are perishing—like Judas—the fragrance of Christ feels like an aroma of death; they simply cannot tolerate it. Therefore, as we proclaim Christ, we are:
“to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life.” — 2 Corinthians 2:16a
As today’s meditation verse states, the name of Christ is like purified oil poured forth; therefore, the pure and guileless love Him. If we truly love Him, it signifies that we too are pure, holy maidens. If not, it means we are like Judas, who perceived His scent as the aroma of death.
✍️ Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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