The Alpha to Magnify God

UV 3085/10000 The Alpha to Magnify God
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Philippians 1 v 20

Just as we need a small magnifying lens to focus the light of the sun onto a specific object to warm it up or to burn it, believers of Christ are like the magnifying lens through which the word or light of the Lord is magnified and focussed on different objectives in this world. St Paul after his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus submitted his entire being, his body, mind and spirit, his past, present and future to magnify Christ whom he demeaned, attacked, hated and persecuted before. He did it with the same vigour and commitment. He was ready to brave any danger or risk, confront any challenge in his mission to glorify the same Christ.
The members of our bodies which is the tabernacle of God are to be each used by us in such a way that it magnifies the Lord and in no way put us to shame. We are to use our tongues, our talents, our thoughts, our targets, our temperaments to glorify the Lord. The Latin phrase “ Soli Dei Gloria” means that the glory be only to the Lord and Our God. We are to magnify the Lord by life and by death. Many of the apostles of Jesus glorified God even in the manner they faced death. We can have different objectives to focus on in life but the ultimate purpose is to glorify God and Him alone.
In order to glorify God, we need to be bold or courageous like St Paul. He faced death and great tribulations, suffering and risks in his many mission trips to different parts of the then known world. As magnifying lens, the power or energy or light does not emanate from any of us but from Christ and Christ alone. When we commit our objectives to Him, remain still and do whatever diligence requires of us, the power and grace of God will begin to operate in our bodies, minds and spirits to produce awesome results that will bring praise, honour, glory and thanksgiving unto the Lord. We need to ask ourselves what is the greatest objective that the Lord has set for us to magnify His name and then follow through with the necessary efforts with earnest expectation or zeal and with hope and fullness of assurance that the Lord is at work in us to do that which we cannot think of, ask or imagine.