Numbers 13:33 – “We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed like grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them.”

I pray that God will set divine appointments and encounters for each of you.  I ask that he bring angels unaware to lead you into His fullness and enable you to fulfill your purpose(s) in Christ.    I ask that whatever you need be provided materially, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.   I pray that no weapon will be able to stand and no obstacles able to hinder you!

A word kept echoing in my heart as I contemplated this devotional today.  It was the word “Grasshopper.”    Grasshopper?   Yes, the tiny creature that has little power and intimidates none of God’s creations.

In Numbers 13:33, the spies or forward recon squad saw the Nephilim (demonic giants), and fear overwhelmed ten of them.  They saw themselves in the mirror of their minds as grasshoppers.  As a result, the Nephilim saw them and saw themselves as grasshoppers.    They became grasshoppers figuratively.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 speaks to this condition.  As we look into the mirror of life (our mind’s creations of reality or God’s Word), we become what we behold.  If we have the veil of doubt removed through Jesus, we look into the mirror of the Word and are Transformed into what we see!

How do we see Jesus in our lives?  We tend to separate and compartmentalize ourselves.   But what we are, we are in totality.   How do we see Jesus?  How do we see Jesus in us? That determines how we see ourselves.   Are we Spiritual Grasshoppers or Overcomers?

God says that we are overwhelming conquerors.  The devil says we are grasshoppers.   How we think, live, talk, and react reveals who we are.  How do you see yourself?  How do you want to see yourself? 

Make it a practice to look into God’s mirror rather than the mirror of the mind.  You will become what you focus on.   Are you a grasshopper or an overcomer?  It is your choice; therefore, choose victory!

May you become Mighty in Jesus and not see yourself as a Spiritual Grasshopper.  Today is a day of overcoming!