Read Psalm 35:22-28
I wish I didn’t have to wear glasses. I wish my eyesight was perfect, but unfortunately, I can’t see clearly past the edge of my desk. I am thankful for the man or woman that invented glasses. When I place these glasses upon my face, I see clearly because the things that are blurred are magnified to become clear.
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. 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. When people see us, they should have an easier time seeing Him. We should not make the vision of the Lord unclear, but we should make it much clearer.
The carnal man, however, wants to magnify only himself. Notice the phrase in verse 26, "who magnify themselves against me." Whenever you live to magnify yourself, you are always against someone else. This means competition. And God doesn't want us to live competitively. When we live in competition, we end up comparing ourselves to others. No one can compare to Jesus Christ so we all become failures. However, when we magnify Him in our life, He becomes the identifiable focal point, and then He becomes our comparison, and all will see Him, not us.
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'" (v. 27). The Apostle Paul said, "Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death" (Phil. 1:20). Are you magnifying the Lord today? Can people listen to your words, look at your life, and measure your actions and say, "She belongs to the Lord. He belongs to the Lord"? It's important that people see the Lord, not us.
The most important quality of a lens is cleanliness. When the lenses of my glasses get dirty, I see the dirt. So I 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.
Christians are on display before the world. What an opportunity and responsibility you have to impact others for Christ! If you love the Lord, you will want to magnify Him. Watch your words and actions. Are you living for Jesus? Keep the lens of your life clean so that He may be magnified through you.
“Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.”
- Charles William Eliot
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