Psalm 34:3 says "O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together."
What does that mean when it says magnify the Lord? Are we making Him bigger? Of course not! When you looking at something through a magnifying glass it does not get any bigger but it seems like it we are a whole lot closer to it and we see much more detail. To magnify the Lord is to focus more closely on Him and His characteristics and His love rather than our circumstances. What about the part that says "let us exalt His name together." Isn't His name already a name above every name? Are we making His name higher. This is also talking about exalting His name in our own lives.
So how do we magnify the Lord and exalt His name in our lives? Psalms 34:4 says " I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears." Notice it didn't say "I sought the Lord and He SAW me." It says, "He HEARD me." that means that the psalmist was SAYING something. We magnify something in ours by what we think about and what we talk about. The magnifying glass of God is the Word of God. The Word tells us of all of God characteristics and His love for us.
The reason you see some people are successful in the things of God and some are not is because of what they are magnifying, focusing on, and exalting. Are you constantly talking about how someone hurt you or how hard it is to pay your bills or sinful things? Then those are the things that you are magnifying. Joshua 1:8 says "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." That is why the psalmist said to magnify the Lord because that is the formula for success: thinking about the Lord, speaking the Word of God out loud, and then, finally doing the Word.
So, I invite you like the psalmist did to magnify the Lord with me by focusing on the Word of God through speaking it and reading it and also to exalting His name together by praising Him and thanking Him in advance for what He is doing in our lives. I guarantee if you change your focus from your circumstance to God, He will change your life tremendously.