“We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!” (Numbers‬ ‭13:33‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

Ten spies snuck into Canaan and surveyed the land. Two spies took God at His Word, but eight of them had lost sight of God’s promises amidst the giants. They felt like grasshoppers among them, and apparently the Canaanites confirmed that thought.

Some situations shrink our self-worth to pest status. Few things are grosser than grasshoppers. The better half of the Israeli spies had taken one look at the present-residents of the Promised Land and forgotten Whose they were. This happens to us, too. We sneak a long look at the world and we lose sight of Who it all belongs to.

How quickly we forget what God can do! It wasn’t grasshoppers, but locusts that brought the great nation of Egypt to it’s knees. Even a what the world considers to be a pest is powerful in the sway of the Almighty.

When situations set out to shrink our faith, we’ve got talk to our feelings about our knowings. We recall His flawless past performance record. We allow the promises of God to be more convincing than our current circumstances.

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Raise your hand over the land of Egypt to bring on the locusts. Let them cover the land and devour every plant that survived the hailstorm.”” (Exodus‬ ‭10:12‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

Lord, help us look at our situation with great faith. We forget Your track record all too quickly. Forgive us. Remind us. Give us solid recollection of Your flawless past performances. May those memories be more real to us than our present circumstances. We realize today that You even grasshoppers can be persuaded to accomplish Your purposes. You can use us. Amen.