Magnify The Lord

“Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.”— Psalm 34:3

I heard Dr. Hart Ramsey ask a congregation not too long ago, “When we magnify God, does He get bigger?”

Don’t you hate it when Pastors ask you what seems to be a trick question? You’re sitting there waiting for someone else to answer for fear that you might give the wrong answer. How embarrassing that would be.

Well, Dr. Ramsey was getting mixed answers from the congregation, so he turned to the Ministers and asked the question again. “When we magnify God, does He get bigger?” Unanimously, they all shouted, NO!

That sound of unity resonated in my spirit. So here we are today, affirming the “no” and delving deeper into the question.

In short, the reason why the answer is no is that God is already big. He is great within Himself. There are no boundaries that can encompass His greatness. We cannot contain Him in a box. We cannot measure His length, depth, or width with a ruler, measuring stick, or a tape measure. He is beyond measurable.

Job’s friend, Elihu, said, “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; nor can the number of His years be discovered.” (Job 36:26) In essence, he was saying God is far greater than what we can comprehend, and we cannot count His years.

The psalmist, who penned Psalm 48:1 wrote, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.” Here the psalmist was conveying that God is so great He is deserving of our praise.

David wrote in Psalm 86:10, “For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.” No one compares to You, God. For only You can perform supernatural acts and wonders.

Then Psalm 95:3 lets us know, “For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.”

He is the Creator of all things and above all. And the list of witnesses could go on and on, just like the eternal nature of our God.

So, if magnifying God does not literally make Him big, what does? Just as the cloud of witnesses who have gone on before us, it is up to us to make God appear as big as He truly is.

Just like we boast about our children when they do something great, we should boast about God in the same manner. Giving Him praise, glory, and honor should be second nature to us. The testimony of the Father should always be on our lips. When life presents us with a problem, we should not allow the nature of our problem appear to be bigger than the nature of our God. We should face our trials with confidence, trusting that God can handle and do everything. For, there’s nothing too hard for Him.

During the course of this week, be intentional about magnifying the Lord. Make Him great in the eyesight of men. The key to winning souls is determined by what we say about God.

So, who do you say that He is?

Join me next week for Coffee on The Couch.