Psalm 34:2-3 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
God promises great blessings to His people. The response of the soul (the person) is to boast in the Lord. Brag about your God. Tell everyone how good He is and what great things He has done. The boast is in the Lord, not in ourselves, in our own ability, or in our own good works. Bragging on God implies trust in Him to be big enough and good enough to take care of matters. We are proud of our God. St. Paul says that we glory (boast) in the cross of Christ. In the cross we see the glory of God, and it looks like love, mercy, kindness, and forgiveness. We boast in it and tell the world what great things God has done for us.
We magnify the Lord, making Him bigger in our minds than we ever imagined before. We can’t make Him bigger than He already is, but we expand our minds to try to comprehend how high, deep, wide, and long the love of God is. We exalt Him to the highest place of glory and honor that we can imagine. We lift up Jesus in our hearts and minds to come closer to reality.
Boast in the Lord and magnify Him to expand our faith to begin to embrace the exceeding greatness of His power for us and His love toward us. Make the Gospel a big deal. Brag on the Lord. Make Him bigger. Lift Him up.