An item becomes magnified when held under a magnifying glass. This is its purpose and what it was designed to do. However, I have noticed that if you don’t hold it just right, at a precise angle or distance from the item, the image can become distorted; too close and there is practically no change of the view without the glass and too far, it so big that you only get a glimpse of a very small portion of the image, though the portion has become quite enlarged. We must develop the skill of holding it just right to get the entire image in the frame but magnified enough to where it’s full beauty or meaning is clearly seen.
Our thoughts put into words become a magnifying glass. How we choose to use them will determine whether the subject becomes distorted and not seen correctly and fully or whether it will have no significance or change at all. Gossip for instance can change the whole view, passing things along that are made up of partial truth and not based on facts can blow things out of prospective. Hyperbolizing, embellishing and exaggerating changes what is seen and puts the emphasis on only what we want people to see and does not give the true picture. On the other hand, if we choose to remain silent or not speak up for what is right nothing changes, perspectives are warped or blurred without knowing what the truth really is. Things will remain status quo and life changing moments could be missed.
Psalms 34:3 state, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” From verse 4 to verse 7 of this chapter the psalmist is testifying of what had happened to him. Verse 8 to verse 10 he is making a declaration that it could happen to you as well. The Lord can hear your cry and deliver you as he did me, he declares, if you would just taste and see that He is good, seek Him and you will not be in want. Verse 11 to verse 14 he is exhorting in what path they should be taken, and verse 15 to the end, verse 22, he is sharing the benefits that are received from this choice of righteousness and humility. It all began with, “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad” verses 1 and 2. The psalmist made a plan to use his words to magnify and give glory to God.
We as Christians should not be the last to speak but the first. Let His praise be known. Let His name be magnified in all the earth! In this time of diversity and tolerance we are living in, we the church should take advantage of the opportunity afforded us to testify of what God has done for us and what he can do for others. When the right things become magnified, peripheral things will be relegated to the background. Magnify the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and our worries and ‘the things of this world will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.’ the song writer penned. Let our testimony be heard so that others may see and experience Him for themselves.
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