Wednesday Words - Magnify

 

Wednesday Jan 3^rd 2024

Welcome to the beginning of Wednesday Words.

A few years ago I received the declaration “I gave you words”. Each year God has built on that, so it now reads “I gave you words to encourage focus on MY Word.”

In 2024 it has been placed on my heart to ponder a word each week and share it with you.. So we shall begin with MAGNIFY.

 The dictionary defines magnify as “to make larger”. We use a magnifying glass to make words larger so we can read them more easily.

In Biblical sense the word magnify means “to extol, to glorify, to celebrate in praise”.

 On Sunday I used this as part of the message at worship. Yet I don’t feel it went far enough.

 Have you ever increased the font on a page in a document? From 12pt to 18pt for instance? This is what I do after writing a sermon or other writing that I will then present – I enlarge the font to make it easier to read.

What happens?

YES – it takes up more space and therefore more pages! Suddenly a two-page message is expanded to five pages.

In Luke 1:46-47, Mary says “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.” In order to magnify the Lord in our souls – and in our lives – we must allow Him to become larger, to take up more space, to fill our spirit with His Holy Spirit and with joy. And in allowing that, we will find that there is less space for other less important things.

Back to my font example, if you take part of a sentence and make it larger, the rest seems smaller. If you look at a paragraph or page where some print is larger, you will look there first.

We want Christ to be magnified in our lives so that He is who people see first, and so that He takes up the majority of the space.

 Is my life magnifying the Lord?

Is yours?