“…it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD” (Leviticus 1:13, NKJV).

What caught my attention about this verse (which honestly starts off by talking about animal entrails), is that it was an offering made by fire and it was a sweet aroma to the Lord. If we want our lives to be a pleasant, sweet aroma to the Lord, then we have to submit our lives to the fire. We have to offer ourselves as living sacrifices.

The fire on God’s altar was from God alone. Fire literally came from heaven, when it was an acceptable sacrifice. We shouldn’t consider it strange, as Peter says, when fiery trials come.

We need to see the hand of the Lord at work in the trial by fire. No evil shall touch you, you who dwell in the secret place of the Most High, abiding in Christ. So when something breaks in, see the Lord’s strong hand allowing it, and working out His good will in your life—a sweet aroma.