They Can Smell HIM on You

Have you ever met someone, maybe it was at a family gathering, a job interview, or standing in line at a store, and the moment you locked eyes, something shifted? The air thickened. A chill ran through your spirit. Their demeanor soured before a word was even exchanged. Maybe their face twisted into a sneer, or their words turned sharp for no apparent reason. And you stood there wondering, What did I do to them?

You didn’t do anything,
But something in you did.

You see, evil walks the earth. Not in the horned, cartoonish way we sometimes imagine, but in the quiet, watchful, waiting kind of way. It lurks in the shadows of dysfunction. It drifts in the corners of fractured homes and bitter hearts. It loiters outside doors where drama lives. It waits, not in a hurry, because it knows that as long as people stay distant from God, it will find a host.

And here’s the unnerving part, not everyone knows when it’s made itself at home.
Evil can live quietly in a person’s life for years, sometimes decades, whispering in their ear, fueling jealousy, resentment, anger, or despair. And because it’s been there so long, they confuse its voice for their own.

But then you walk in.

You, child of God, prayer warrior, light bearer, the one who walks by faith and not by fear, enter the room. And that spirit inside them smells the breath of God on you. It recognizes the scent of heaven that clings to your soul. It catches the aroma of peace that surpasses understanding, the trace of holy fire that rests on those who commune with the Father.

And it recoils.

It snarls. It lashes out, sometimes through a cold shoulder, other times through an unprovoked insult, maybe through subtle sabotage or blatant aggression. Not because of you, but because of what’s on you.

The unholy cannot abide the holy. Darkness despises light because it exposes what was once comfortably hidden. And those who carry unclean things, knowingly or not, will often be agitated in your presence, because the spirit attached to them senses its time is limited. It senses that where you walk, deliverance follows. And it panics.

This is why it’s crucial to remain rooted in discernment. Not every strange encounter is random. Not every conflict is personal. Some things are spiritual.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…

If you’ve noticed a pattern of unnatural, immediate hostility from certain people, don’t internalize it. Don’t let it dim your light or sow seeds of self-doubt.
Understand what you’re dealing with. Understand who you belong to.

You carry the breath of God, and it leaves a trail.
To the hurting, it smells like hope.
To the lost, it smells like home.
But to the unholy, it smells like impending eviction.

So keep walking. Keep shining. Keep praying.
And when you meet those eyes that flash with something dark, offer them love, and silently let heaven’s scent do its work.

Evil works harder to infect believers than it does non-believers.