Today, I want to talk with you about grasshoppers. You know, those little green things that jump around in your yard. We also read about grasshoppers in the book of Numbers. The backdrop to the story is Israel has come out of the land of Egypt, out of bondage, and they are ready to enter the promised land. They sent spies to check out the land and they reported back that the land was good, but there were giants. They said, “There are big obstacles in the way. We can't do this. There's no way.” They said, “There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” Numbers 13:33 (NASB)

They saw themselves as grasshoppers.

If you see yourself as a grasshopper, or just an insignificant little bug, you're not going to take on the challenges of life. Life is going to be messy. It's going to be tangled because you'll be too afraid to attack the giants. You'll be too afraid to attack the obstacles in your life because you’ll think, “I'm just an insignificant, worthless little grasshopper.” And so it stifles you and paralyzes you when you have that mentality about yourself. The truth is, 

One grasshopper + God is enough to take on any giant. 

How do you see yourself? Do you feel like an insignificant grasshopper? 

But then there's a second side to this story. It says, not only did they see themselves as grasshoppers, but they said, “And these giants saw us as grasshoppers in their eyes.” Well, wait a minute. How did they know that? How did they know what the other people were thinking? 

The book of Joshua tells us the reality of the situation; the truth was the people feared Israel because they saw how God had led them out of Egypt and into the promised land. They saw how God had divided the Red Sea for them, and the inhabitants of the land were fearful of Israel. But the spies sent to explore had said they also saw Israel as grasshoppers. 

Often, we assign to other people what we assume they think about us. If we’re at a work party or social event, we assume that the people there probably think we are worthless. Or these people think I'm insignificant, or these people probably don't like how I look or dress. And we assume and assign thoughts to these other people based on what we feel about ourselves. We think, “Well, they just see me as a grasshopper.” The truth is, 

With Christ in you, you can conquer whatever God calls you to conquer. 

Whatever obstacle, whatever giant, with Christ you are enough. You are no grasshopper. You are a son or daughter of the King.