John 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

There was a boy in school that all the guys called Stinky. His body odor was so foul yet shaming him did not change him. He was until the end of his school days Stinky.

My point? We who were dead in our sins all stink. Are we going to deny it? Do we wear it with pride shoving it in the face of those who are offended? It was a shameful behavior to call Johnny anything other than his given name. I dare say some didn’t even know his name was Johnny.

It is a common human practice to avoid people who stink. It is a vain fear to think that their stink will get on you. Saving the lost can be stinky business. That didn’t stop Jesus. Why does it stop us?

We don’t like to be uncomfortable. We came out of a life that was uncomfortable. We stank. Now that we are out of it, we do not care to go back. Great, I agree, but where would you be if someone had not come and loved on you back when you were stinky? Who knows better the way out other than those who have been there?

Isaiah 42:13-15 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Will you make a difference in Stinky’s life?