Main Scripture: But the
men that went up with him said, we be not able to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which
they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which
we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof;
and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we
saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our
own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Numbers 13:31-33
(KJV)
Worship Song to
Meditate on: Giants by Donald Lawrence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EyLBcehQA)
Have you ever been
faced with a challenge and you feel like there is no way you can get past it?
You feel like it’s a huge mountain and wonder how can a little person like you
deal with this one? Well, I think that is how the Israelites felt when they
went into the Land of Caanan and that is why in their own sight they saw them
selves as grasshoppers.
Ladies this morning
I want to say to you that you are no
grasshopper. I suggest to you today that your destiny is based on perception.1
Corinthians 2:9 tell us that… “No eye has seen, no ear has
heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for
those who love him.” (NLT)
So my question is whose eyes are you seeing
yourself through today? Are you using your past to define yourself? Are you
using what your parents told you to define yourself? Or are you defining
yourself based on God standards?
If you read further,
chapter 14 of Numbers tells us of another set of Israelites who had a different
perspective. Joshua and Caleb in chapter
13: 8 said “If the Lord delight
in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which
floweth with milk and honey. These two young men knew their identities. They
knew that they had God on there side so they did not need to fear the giants
that were in the land.
The way we view
ourselves and our challenges can cause our downfall and/or delay our destinies.
The Israelites viewed themselves as grasshoppers as such they stayed in the
wilderness for forty years before they entered in the promise land. This trip
was to take about forty days. The Lord knew that they were not ready to access
what He had for them.
Just like the Israelites
the Lord has chosen us as His people and has great plans for us.However as As +Jack Zavada a writer for About.com says “many
of us have a wrong idea of God's opinion of us. We base it on what we've been
taught, our bad experiences in life, and many other assumptions. “ but 1 Samuel 16:7 tells us that “the Lord seeth
not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”
As at today ladies, view yourself as God views
you, not how you or anyone sees you. Here is an idea of how God views us.
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…you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation,
God’s very own possession 1 Peter 2:9 (NLT)
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For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster,
to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
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Even before he made the
world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his
eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by
bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and
it gave him great pleasure. Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT)
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For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us
anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
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Don’t you realize that all of you together are
the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 1
Corinthians 3;16 (NLT)
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“You are the light of the world—like a city on a
hilltop that cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 (NLT)
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We know that God’s children do not make a
practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot
touch them. 1 John5:18 9NLT)
Ladies, these are just a few scriptures that give
us an idea of who we are in God. I challenge you today to see yourself as God
sees you and you will be amazed at how small your challenges will become.
Let’s Pray,
Father, thank you for reminding us of
our identity in you. I come declare that as of today everyone one reading the devotional
will view themselves as you view them. I speak against every grasshopper view
in the name of Jesus and call into manifestation every promise that you have
for us.
In Jesus Name
Amen
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