Magnify

David, before he was the king of Israel, was a fugitive on the run from his king, Saul of Israel. David was already anointed to be the next king of Israel by God and yet he was the one being persecuted. He had no reason to worship the God who seemingly said one thing and did nothing. In fact, at this point in his life, David could have lamented God and said that the promises of God are all lies and moved on with his life. But David didn’t; rather, he “magnifies” God and asks others to “magnify” God with him. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. (Psalm 34:3) I was reading today’s Scripture passage and thought of this song below from the 80s. Here’s what we have to remember about WHY David magnifies God: he knew his place in the world without God. When people understand, like David did, that you are only here by the grace of God, suffering persecution is not a bad deal. What I mean is that David realized he was just a shepherd boy until God intervened on his life. Yeah, it’s not all that sweet living in caves and marauding for food like refugees in a neighboring kingdom, but overall, it was a bearable life and it was exciting to be in a place of growth. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about read 1 Samuel 21-31). Moreover, David was comforted to know that since God had chosen him, that he was being heard and listened to by God. That fact humbled him. So he magnifies God because he was able to suffer persecution for the sake of learning to TRUST God. That TRUST in God allowed God to work in David’s life. This is why David says, “Oh magnify the LORD.” He is thankful for God’s delivery in-spite of what everything looks like. Some of us really need to stop magnifying ourselves. Some of us really need to magnify God so that we can see Him over our stumpy little selves. The act of magnifying God puts things into perspective. Like David magnified God in the midst of his darkest moments; we too must magnify God even more so, especially since our so called lives have been redeemed by God. Its time to see less of me and more of God. Magnify God and see how you are delivered.