‘WE WERE LIKE GRASSHOPPERS IN OUR OWN SIGHT.’ NUMBERS 13:33 NKJV

When Moses sent twelve spies to check out the Promise Land, 10 came back saying, we saw giants and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight. Israel had repeatedly witnessed God’s power; why now where they intimidated? It’s a perception problem called low self-esteem, and its how the enemy prevents you from winning. The Israelites quickly forgot their Red Sea deliverance and instead remembered Egypt were they’d lived as slaves. Be careful. Hard times can make you think you don’t deserve to be blessed! Anytime you have something of value, the enemy will attack you. In the Old Testament we read: when the Philistines heard David had been anointed king…they went up in full force to search for him, (2 Samuel 5:17 NIV). Until you claim your right full of placed in Christ, Satan will tell you that you deserve to be mistreated. So steep yourself in God’s word till it becomes such a part of you that you stop doubting yourself. God made you in His image, redeemed you, indwells you, and that makes you valuable!

A man in the Prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by gunshot he writes; with his eyes gleaming slowly turned his head giving one last longing look towards the sky. He’d often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings the sky was the home of his heart. There he displayed his strength a thousand times played with the lightning and raced with the wind. Now far from home, the eagle lay dying because just once, he forgot and flew too low…My soul is that eagle. This isn’t its home. It must never lose its skyward look.

Evangelist Philip Jegede’s Reading Courtesy of DWFT: Jer 28-30, Luke 5:12-26, Ps 110, Pr 15:8-9 www.mpbs247.org