Psalm 69:30
“I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.”
When we read Psalm 69 we understand it is a song where the psalmist is pouring out his pain and call for judgment. It is also known for its application in the new testament to the anguish of Jesus, God’s righteous servant, as He sought His Father’s will during His earthly ministry.
Psalm 69:30 is the transition from pain and call for judgment to resolute praise. The psalm doesn’t tell us if the psalmist was comforted? Were his problems fade away? Was there any miraculous deliverance that resulted in him praising and magnifying God? No, we are not sure, however, we can see further on in the psalm the attitude of the psalmist changed. His focus changed from his problems to God and His promises.
Praising and magnifying God is the mark of the true children of God. Psalmist said, “I will magnify God with thanksgiving.” How can we magnify an object? It is either through a Microscope or Telescope. What could be the difference in how each magnifies. The microscope makes a small thing look bigger than it is. The telescope makes a big thing begin to look as big as it really is.
“I will magnify God with thanksgiving,” does not mean: “I will make a small God look bigger than he is. it means: “I will make a big God begin to look as big as he really is.” We are not called to be microscopes, but telescopes. We should be people who make the greatness of God seem as great as it really is. This is what it means for a Christian to magnify God. But you can’t magnify what you haven’t seen or what you quickly forget. Therefore, our first task is to see and to remember the greatness and goodness of God. So we pray to God, “Open the eyes of my heart,” and we preach to our souls, “Soul, forget not all His benefits!”
When we give thanks to him from our hearts, God is magnified. Gratitude glorifies God. When we thank God, we acknowledge and display that He is the giver; He is the benefactor. Givers are more glorious than receivers. Benefactors are more glorious than beneficiaries. However, it is not natural for human beings to magnify God with thanksgiving or glorify him as their benefactor. The reason is that it detracts from their own glory, and all people by nature love their own glory more than the glory of God. Today, let us make a firm decision that we shall not stop blessing His name and magnifying Him. We should be telescopes magnifying the greatness and glory of God as it really is.
Blessed Day Ahead.
