Magnifying the Lord
Story★★★★The Bible says that we should magnify the Lord and rejoice in Hirn forever. What does that mean? One recent evening when the moon was full I studied it from my back porch.
It seemed as clear and close as the globe on the lamp post. Finding binoculars, I steadied them against the railing and magnified the moon. In other words, I focused on it, made it larger in my eyes, and studied it until I was overwhelmed with its ivory plains and dimly outlined mountains, with its splotched craters and jagged edges. What happens when we magnify the Lord?
Just that. We focus on Him, make Him larger in our eyes, and study Him until overwhelmed with His brightness, His love, His grace, His care, His power. And when we do that, the next verb comes into play-we rejoice in God our Savior.
Magnifying Christ brings joy to our hearts, joy that levels every mountain and fills every valley. 0 magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name forever.
The point
The Bible commands us to magnify the Lord and rejoice. Magnifying the Lord means focusing on him intently until overwhelmed by his brightness, love, grace, care, and power—an act that inevitably produces joy.