| For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 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 life, or by death. | ||
| Philippians 1:19-20 | ||
| Christ was magnified through Paul’s difficulty. ‘Why does Christ have to be magnified?’ you ask. ‘Isn’t He big enough already?’ Think with me ... Our sun is so big that, if hollowed out, it could hold 1.3 million earths. The sun, however, is dwarfed by the star Antares, which could hold 64 suns. But Antares is a pipsqueak compared to Hercules, which could hold 110 million Antares. Yet Hercules is a speck compared to Epsilon, the largest known star, which could hold 3 million Hercules. These objects are huge, folks! Why then do they seem so small when we look at them in the night sky? Because we are so far away. Therefore we use a telescope to magnify them and bring them closer to us. People are far away from Jesus. What will make Him clear to them? Seeing Him walk with us and provide for us through the telescope of our difficulties. If this be true — if Christ is magnified in our hard times — the most logical thing for us to do in such times is to do what Paul did: rejoice. | ||
