The dictionary defines ‘magnify’ as: appear larger, praise highly, glorify, increase. In the senses: show honor to (God) and ‘make greater’.

Magnifying God in our lives means to make Him greater than ourselves. And for Him to increase more in our lives, we must give Him first place in every area—giving Him honor in how we live our lives. When we say: “I magnify you, Lord”, we are saying: “I give you greater importance in my life. You mean more to me than anything else—even more than the things that I desire. What I want to do comes secondary to you. I want you to increase in my life, and I decrease!”

Our wants should not prioritize our day. If God urges us to do something that cuts into your “me time”, how do you respond? Do you drop everything to obey Him or do you just keep going after what you want, telling yourself, “I’ll get to it later”?

Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with having some “me time”. BUT, if we choose our own pursuit over what God is wanting us to do in that moment, then whether we like it or not, we’re fulfilling our own will and not God’s.

Those “little interruptions” throughout our day may be “God-moments”, tomes He’s trying to show us something or teach us something because we fail to recognize them because preoccupied with ourselves!

So how do we magnify God in our lives?

Choose to magnify Him in our everyday moments, asking the Holy Spirit to help us make Him greater in our lives. We need to care more about what matters most, which is God and our relationship with Him.

Think about when you first met that special someone in your life…you wanted to be with them all the time! We’d drop everything just to be with them. Sadly, it’s many times it’s not like that in our relationship with God. Our own desires and wants get in the way. We need God to work in this area of our lives, helping us to desire Him more—over and above anything else. Because in the light of eternity, nothing else really matters!

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” Ephesians 1:4

What a wonderful thought…. We are chosen by God! 

He chose us in Christ (He actually selected us for Himself and treats us as His own). The Bible says that even before the foundation of the world, God chose us – so we would be holy, set apart for Him and purpose-driven. 

Let that sink in, God has selected you as His own. He has hand-picked you to be His own. You are so special to God – even much more than you can comprehend, because even before the foundation of the world, God had you in mind and had a plan for your life that only you can perform and accomplish.

So today, just take a moment and stop for a moment and think about who you are and thank God for His infinite love!

“…Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen….” – Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

We read in God’s word that we are to live by faith, not by sight. We “believe” even though we haven’t seen any tangible (real) evidence. In some situations that we may find ourselves in, faith may come very easily to us. Other times it may not be easy at all! There are times that circumstances overwhelm us – like it did when Peter walked on water. If we are truthful, there has probably been times in our lives where we were confident, and this brought a sense of peace within. But no doubt, there are other times that it seemed beyond our scope (our range) of faith.

I believe when our faith is stretched, as a result, we see ourselves grow towards maturity. It can be so hard at times, but we will see that the more we place full trust in Jesus, He will bring us through whatever situation we may find ourselves in.

Whatever you are facing today, keep trusting and believing and God will bring you through it!!

“…23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. ²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand….” – Psalm 37: 23-24 

Our every step is directed and established by the Lord.

If clear vision and direction from the Lord is what you are wanting and seeking after, then ask God to give it to you. He will direct and establish us in the way He wants us to go. Though you may fall and stumble at times—it’s not the end. Don’t give up. God won’t throw you away, but He will grab hold of you and upholds you. Just when it seems like we are in over our head and we feel as though we are going under, He comes walking out on the waves and into the wind to help us and pull us up—He will not let us drown in the storm.

Let the Lord direct your steps today and throughout the remainder of the year. He will never lead you astray, He never has! And He won’t start today.

“…The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy….” – Psalm 145:8 

Our God is a gracious God! Say Amen! His mercies, His love, His kindness are new every day and the good news is, He will not run out.

No matter how much we can be hard to deal with at times to Him, and no matter how much we stumble and fall in our walk, He is there with “grace”. Oh, how I love that word, “grace” He is there with compassion and mercy. I’m so glad today that God doesn’t blow up in anger towards us. The Bible says that He is slow to anger. And I believe it is because God understands how we feel and sees our hearts desire is to be like Christ – though we may fail many times. He knows that we’re not perfect, but that’s where His grace comes in. His grace forgives, restores, heals and loves us no matter our faults and failures.

My prayer for you today is that you really get a glimpse of God’s grace, and to know that He loves you.

“Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” Ephesians 1:5 

The moment we gave our hearts and lives to Jesus and received His forgiveness and cleansing for the sins in our lives, we became a son/daughter of the God of Heaven. He no longer sees you or I as “sinners”, but sees us as one of His own children.

He had planned and predestined us to be His children through our faith in Jesus Christ. This was His will for our lives.

It was God’s will for us to be His children. It’s so important for us to see ourselves as children of God, but so often we stay trapped as a prisoner of our past, seeing ourselves as “sinners”.  But the Bible teaches God’s unconditional love for us, in while we were yet sinners, He sent His only son as a sacrifice to pay the sin debt we couldn’t pay ourselves and adopted us into His family as His sons and daughters. If you never grasp anything else, understand the wonderful truth of who you are. YOU ARE a child of the most high God!!

Just take a moment today and reflect on just what it means  being a child of God and give Him the thanks He deserves for making it possible.