Magnify Him

I have had to encourage myself in the word these past few days as difficult circumstances were upon us. I found myself sinking into a negative state of mind, trying to figure things out and get a grip on my self. I felt trapped in a web of confusion ( thus the cute pics of my kids on a web )

The words of a song carried me through rough waters : Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see, all I have needed thy hand hath provided ~ Great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me!

The word encourages us to separate the precious from the vile and to focus on the precious. Philippians 4:8 has this to say:        

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

 ⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

In the Bible when a person wanted to remember a significant event, he built an altar or a pillar, dug a well or something in the physical, natural world which was then named in remembrance of the dealing or revealing of the Lord. In one of my favorite books " Hinds Feet upon high places" the protagonist collects stones marking her progress and reminding her of the work completed in her journey.

I have a song collection! In my life God has used songs and music to speak to me almost more than any other medium (is it any wonder I married a musician and prophet?) I also love to sing to the Lord, much to the distress of my often captive audience! LOL 

Okay, back to my point ~ we have good and bad things happening on a daily basis. I like to say : God comes to promote us, Satan comes to detain us. Its simply a question of who you're listening to. If we are the sheep of his flock and hear his voice and do not follow another then the light of the word penetrates, the song or the scripture renews us and we overcome. If we choose to reflect on those negative things, get emotionally invested in them, take up our defence in being wronged etc, the light of the word has so much more lies to penetrate and overcoming is a matter of hours or days rather than minutes.

However; daily we can rehearse the good things God has done for us and renew our minds to the wonder of His love and mercy and grace. Magnifying Him! We build ourselves up and grow in grace to weather the storms.

Another book that has shaped my thinking in this area: "How to stop the pain" talks about a significant event, and how we allow things or people to occupy far too significant a position in our lives. The insignificant daily skirmishes with the wearying worldly way become significant because we give it the power to!

So here is my point : let us decide today to Magnify God and his glorious majestic Son and overcome the insignificant little foxes that steal our JOY! I encourage you today, to make a list, count your blessings (another one of those songs) and keep it in front of your eyes. Record the significant events, name those stones, keep them close, thank God for them! In the light of the truly AWESOME things God has done for us, we keep things in perspective and don't sweat the small stuff  :)

As for me I choose again to Love Him and forsaking all others, Worship Him with all that is within me.