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!