Do you stink? Leviticus 5-8

Leviticus 8:28 (NASBStr)

Then Moses took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord.

Throughout the passages in Leviticus that describe in detail the offerings made through and by the hands of Aaron and his sons, we have a wonderful phrase that the offerings were to be a "soothing aroma" to The Lord.   The picture we have is that God delights in our offering to Him our sacrifices and love via these methods.    In the New Testament this is carried forward by the requirement that we no longer offer bulls and goats and grain and flour, but we offer ourselves.  This is what gives God ultimate desires from His people.  Note the following:

Romans 12:1 (NASBStr)

 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (NASBStr)

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma 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; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

God ultimately wanted the same thing from Aaron, his sons, and the nation of Israel.  The missed the point of the sacrifices and turned them into rituals.   God wanted the items to simply be a tangible picture of what was happening in the heart.    Yet, almost the entire nation turned it into a religious event rather than a God honoring and heart demonstrating event.   We can do the same thing with our church services and our services and ministry to each other.  We are to be a sweet aroma to God and to other believers.