Most of us are familiar with the passage in Numbers 13. This is the story of the twelve men that were sent to spy out the land that the Israelites were about to enter. Keep in mind the words “about to.”
They all came back agreeing that the land was indeed flowing with milk and honey; they even brought back some of the abundance of fruit that the land had.
BUT…” The people who live there are powerful, and their cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak (Nephilim) there…”
“And we seemed as grasshoppers IN OUR OWN EYES, and we looked the same to them.”
Here are the leaders of the tribes of Israel who had seen all the miracles of God from the parting of the Red Sea to the miraculous provision in the desert. And yet, they saw themselves as grasshoppers in the face of those that occupied the land that was promised to them!
I would say “How could they be so unbelieving?”
That is until I consider my own life and how often I have considered myself as a grasshopper in the light of my circumstances and what I believed was the land that God had for me to claim.
I can remember as I write this, the hand of God in my life. All the goodness, mercy, and care over my life and yet…I see myself as a grasshopper!
Let’s say as the believing spies, Joshua and Caleb, “If the Lord is pleased with us, He will lead us into that land, flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.” “…the Lord is with us, DO NOT BE AFRAID”
Susan Kewin
~Christ Fellowship