“My soul doth magnify the Lord,” Mary declared, “and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior” (Luke 1:46-47).
Do you realize your mind is like a magnifying glass? What you focus on becomes larger in your mind. What you don’t focus becomes less. Our challenge is that while we acknowledge certain truths in God’s Word, we sometimes fail to dedicate sufficient time to meditating on them. Consequently, instead of meditating on God’s Word, we become preoccupied with the circumstances of this life (Mark 4:19), and they seem larger to us than God; they restrict us from believing in the extent of God’s power and potential. To overcome circumstances overwhelming us, we must intentionally cultivate the habit of magnifying and praising God within our souls and minimize the distractions of this natural world.
The spirit is the part of us that was born again when we were saved (John 3:6). The Holy Spirit produces joy within our born-again spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and the new life in our spirit always rejoices in the Lord. There is no such thing in our born-again spirit as hopelessness or discouragement; all things are new, and the old has passed away. However, we don’t receive the benefit of this spiritual truth until our souls are renewed by the Word. Only then what is already true in the spirit can become true in the soul.
The power and potential to praise the Lord is within us. If Mary could praise God in her spirit, soul, and actions, we, who are born-again can do the same thing. To bless the Lord with all our soul, we must draw upon the truth that we are always rejoicing in our born-again spirit. Then when we magnify the Lord with our spirit and soul and actions, we are blessing the Lord with ALL that is with us.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (Psalm 103:1).
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