Magnified

June 10

I Kings 5-7

Psalm 70

Proverbs 15:20-21

Acts 6:14-7:50

Magnified

“Let those be joyful and glad in You, all who seek You, and let them say continually, ‘Let God be magnified,’  those who love Your salvation.”  Psalm 70:4 LSB

Two of the most important things we do as believers are to get to know God in a personal, intimate relationship and to tell other people about Him.  Psalm 70:4 describes this process,  “Let God be magnified.”  David isn’t suggesting that we put God under a microscope and make Him bigger than He really is so we can see Him better.  Rather we need to use a telescope to see God because He is so big we cannot even begin to see Him with our naked eye.  We don’t have to make God bigger; He is far beyond our comprehension.  To magnify Him is to expand our understanding of who He is and what He is capable of doing.  The more we get to know Him, the more our faith will develop.  As our faith develops we will have a greater desire to please and obey Him.  A natural result of a deeper relationship with Him will be that we want to share His love and mercy with others.  Instead of magnifying ourselves, we will seek to magnify Him through our actions and words.  A song by Cody Carnes conveys this message well.: 

Christ Be Magnified

Were creation suddenly articulate

With a thousand tongues to lift one cry

Then from North to South and East to West

We’d hear Christ be magnified

Were the whole earth echoing His eminence

His name would burst from sea to sky

From rivers to the mountain tops

We’d hear Christ be magnified

When every creature finds its inmost melody

And every human heart its native cry

Oh then in one enraptured hymn of praise

We’ll sing Christ be magnified

Oh! Christ be magnified

Let His praise arise

Christ be magnified in me

Oh! Christ be magnified

From the altar of my life

Christ be magnified in me