Posted: 27 April 2026

From a sermon given on 25 April 2026:

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 13:33)

Perspective determines power. The spies did not fail because the giants were too big; they failed because their lens was distorted. They magnified the opposition and minimized the promise. Before the enemy defeated them physically, fear defeated them mentally. Negative lenses exaggerate threats and shrink identity. What you continually magnify will eventually dominate your thinking.

The danger of a negative lens is not just what you see - it is how you see yourself. "We were like grasshoppers in our own sight." Their self-image shaped their outcome. When fear becomes your filter, giants grow larger and God’s faithfulness grows smaller. The enemy thrives on distorted perception. He cannot change God's promise, but he can attempt to alter your perspective of it.

Faith requires lens correction. Joshua and Caleb saw the same land but interpreted it differently because they looked through promise, not panic. Remove the magnifying glass from the problem and place it on God's power. When your focus shifts, courage rises. You are not a grasshopper in covenant - you are an heir of promise. Refuse distorted vision. See through faith. Walk in clarity.

Further Readings:

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 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. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
(Numbers 14:6-9)

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
(Psalm 121:1-2)

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Hebrews 12:2)