“Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together!” (Psalm 34:3)

On a recent flight to Lima, I had a window seat. I like window seats. I have always enjoyed watching out of windows. I used to get in trouble in school for not paying attention because I would look out the window and daydream. Windows are a trigger for my brain to start imagining.
We were nearing the end of our whirlwind tour of Peru, headed back to Lima after some adventures in Puno. It was a beautiful day. It was a little cloudy which always makes a plane flight interesting. It was less cloudy the closer we got to the coast. We circled Lima getting ready to land. Then my imagination got really carried away. I saw a bunch of colorful little blocks. They looked like Lego blocks. I started guessing what they could be.
My guesses weren’t even close. I didn’t realize how far away I still was and how massive the “Lego blocks” truly were. As we got closer, I could tell they were quite large. I saw a truck parked next to one of the colorful boxes. That’s when I realized they were shipping containers. A far cry from Lego blocks!
What appeared to me as colorful one inch building blocks, where actually 20 foot long shipping containers! The reality was the same whether I was close or far. The difference was my perspective. As I said, they appeared as small blocks. The reality was that they were enormous shipping containers. In my imagination, I could move them around and build beautiful toys. In reality, I couldn’t move them even an inch. My perspective made a tremendous difference.
I started thinking about my perspective of God. Sometimes I see him as small. That is not reality. It is that I am too far away. He seems small when I am at a distance. At times, I think I can control Him, move Him according to my whims. The truth is that God is massive. I need to see Him from a different point of view.
So how do I get my perspective right? I need to magnify God. I need to enlarge my view of Him. That is something we sing about. It is something we talk about. But how do you do it? I had that question, so I went to Scripture to find an answer.
“I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving” (Psalm 69:30).

If we want to see God magnified, we need to praise Him and thank Him. When we do this, it takes us to reality. It brings our hearts and minds close to Him so we can see His true dimensions. When we praise and thank God, we are moved close to Him so we can see His power and glory. He will be magnified.

Dear Lord change my perspective. I do not always see you the way that I should. I move away, and from a distance you can seem small to me. That is not the truth. Let my mouth and my soul praise you and thank you for all that you have done. As I move into your presence through this praise, worship, adoration and thanksgiving, I know you will be magnified. I will see you as you are Big and Strong. I will confidently say that you my God are formidable and unmovable. I will know that you are Great and Mighty. In you, I put my trust.