Giant Or Grasshopper?
How does the devil see you? Does he see you as a giant or a grasshopper? In other words, does he see you as a terrifying and mighty warrior of God or as a wimp he can whip in a minute? The answer to those questions depends on you.
I realized that one day as I was studying the children of Israel and their failure to enter the Promised Land. The key to their failure is found in these words, “And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
33There we saw the Nephilim [or giants], the sons of Anak, who come from the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
The reason the Israelites were so terrified to fight the giants in Canaan was not because those giants were so big. It was because the Israelites saw themselves as so small. In other words, it was what they were in their own sight that defeated them.
The same thing is true for us as born again believers. It is what we are in our own sight that will make the difference. If, in our own sight, we are a weak, powerless Christian, the devil will run over us three or four times a day or more if he is not busy.
However, when we begin to see ourselves as God sees us, as a conquering son or daughter of the Almighty God equipped with the very power of God Himself, the devil will want to steer clear of us.
The devil would rather do anything than come against somebody who is bold and courageous because he is a coward himself. In fact, ever since Jesus came up out of that grave, the devil’s heart has melted within him at the sound of that Name in the mouth of one who has faith in it.
29Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].
12I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.
13And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.
14[Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].
In summary, if we are not strong in the Lord in our own sight, we need to change that. We need to get so full of God’s Word and so full of the Holy Spirit that we walk around like a spiritual giant. Then we turn the tables on the devil and let him find out what it feels like to be a grasshopper for a change.
God Bless!
“Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified Bible”
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