Magnify

Well hello dearies! I did say I'd be back soon, didn't I? And so here I am! There's a wonderful song I'd like to share with you called "Magnify" by the band We Are Messengers. I saw them at a concert festival back in August while I was still in Michigan and I hope I can see them again soon while I'm here in Arizona. Now I'm gonna be honest, that was the first I had really heard of this band, and now their song "Magnify" has become very quickly one of my new favorite songs. So here's my little analysis on what this song says.

Magnify by We Are Messengers
V1:
I've been trying to make sense of the sorrow that I feel
Holding on for life to the only thing that's real
I've only scratched the surface, I've barely had a taste
But just a glimpse draws my heart to change
And one sight of you lays my sin to waste
I don't need to see everything, just more of you

Chorus:
Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

V2:
My sight is incomplete and I've made you look small
I've been staring at my problems for way too long
Re-align where my hope is set, until you're all that's left
But just a glimpse draws my heart to change
And one sight of you lays my sin to waste
I don't need to see everything, just more of you

Chorus:
Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

~Oh God, be greater than the worries in my life
Be stronger than the weakness in my mind
Be louder, let your Glory come alive
Be magnified

God be greater than the worries in my life
Be stronger than the weakness in my mind
Be louder, let your Glory come alive
Be magnified
Be magnified~

Chorus:
Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you, to you

Now for the overall theme, I see very clearly the repetition of God becoming greater, and that's really the most important thing to take away from this song. Making God the biggest part of your life is the best thing you can do for your life. Because when He becomes greater, and we become less, our lives are much more joyful because we know who we're serving and living for. I'm not saying life is always easier and happier, but it's always worth it and it is so much more fulfilling to serve God and Magnify HIS name over ours.

Now to break it down to the verses...

V1:

I've been trying to make sense of the sorrow that I feel
Holding on for life to the only thing that's real
I've only scratched the surface, I've barely had a taste
But just a glimpse draws my heart to change
And one sight of you lays my sin to waste
I don't need to see everything, just more of you

V2:
My sight is incomplete and I've made you look small
I've been staring at my problems for way too long
Re-align where my hope is set, until you're all that's left
But just a glimpse draws my heart to change
And one sight of you lays my sin to waste
I don't need to see everything, just more of you

The verses show such an honest view of our broken human nature of feeling sorrow and making God smaller by focusing on our problems. But both times the verses draw to how just a glimpse of God's glory can change our hearts and draw us away from our sinful selves. And I love the line "I don't need to see everything, Just more of you," because so often I find myself searching and searching to see every little detail of the plan that God has for me, but it's not all about knowing everything and every cause and for every reason why God does what God does, but just letting Him reign supreme and rule our hearts, and minds, and spirits, and lives by having the control to just be God. We don't need to see everything, so long as we see more of Him.

Now the Bridge and Chorus...

~Oh God, be greater than the worries in my life
Be stronger than the weakness in my mind
Be louder, let your Glory come alive
Be magnified

God be greater than the worries in my life
Be stronger than the weakness in my mind
Be louder, let your Glory come alive
Be magnified
Be magnified~

Chorus:
Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you

Take it all, take it all away
Magnify no other name
Open up, open up my eyes
To you, to you

This is my prayer. This is absolutely what is on my heart. That God becomes greater than my personal worry and anxiety in my life, that He becomes stronger than the weakness I feel from my depression that holds me back, and that He becomes louder and more magnified throughout all aspects of my life. This is my prayer and I can't pray  it enough. It is my prayer for you, my friends, and for myself as well. That through all I say and think and do in this life, God is magnified and glorified and no other name is lifted high but His and His alone. 

So I pray for you, whoever is reading this, that God becomes magnified in your life and you make Him the priority. And I pray for myself as well, that I remember who's supposed to be in the center and who is in control here. Please, friends, remember who is in control and who holds you together. Give all praise back to Him because He is so worthy and may He be magnified in all of our lives. 

Thanks for reading and have a splendid day, my friends.

~Abby Lynn