Being a lens
Each of us is a lens that magnifies what we live for. People can look at and through our lives and see what is really important to us. If you love the Lord, you will want to magnify Him. Watch your words and actions. Are the lens of your life clean so that He may be magnified through you.
When the lenses of our glasses get dirty, we see the dirt. So we have to clean them. When we are dirty, people see us rather than the Lord. Let's keep our lives clean today. Let's magnify the Lord together; He is worthy of all praise
- The athlete magnifies his sport, his team and his winning record.
- The musician magnifies the instrument he plays.
- The scholar magnifies his discipline.
- As God's people, we should magnify the Lord.
The sinner, however, wants to magnify only himself. David said, "Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion who rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me" (Psalm 35 : 26).
Notice the phrase "who magnify themselves against me." Whenever you live to magnify yourself, you are always against someone else. This means competition. And God does not want us to live competitively.
Our great desire should be to magnify the Lord, not ourselves. David said, "Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause; and let them say continually, 'Let the Lord be magnified'" (Psalm 35 : 27). The Apostle Paul said, "Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death" (Phil. 1:20).
Psalm 35:22-28
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Stops & Steps 1751 29Jul2011