Psalm 34:3
Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
Because we live in an age of science, we tend to imagine microscopes and magnifying glasses when we think of the word, “magnify.” In other words, we imagine blowing a small thing out of proportion in order to get a better look at it. So when we think about magnifying the Lord, we smuggle in the idea of making a big deal out of a rather trivial thing. We think we are making much of God by making a big deal out of His idiosyncrasies which can only be seen by those with special equipment. However, when we magnify the Lord, we are not blowing Him out of proportion, we are merely playing catch up. He is infinite and our worship is microscopic by comparison. He must squint to see it. We magnify the Lord by increasing our appreciation of the scope of His glory.
Ephesians 1:17-23
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His great might that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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