Grasshopper Thinking!

Faith is a very important attribute to possess. I won’t bore you with my theories; I’ll go straight to scripture to prove this point.  Hebrews 11 shares stories of many faith-believing biblical giants like Noah, Abraham, and Enoch. Verse six tells us “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

To me this is very clear. Without faith we can’t please God. It is God we should aim to please if we desire to be blessed and live productive lives. But faith is not enough. James 2:14 says, “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?”

In order to receive what God has ordained for us to have naturally and spiritually, it’s going to take the awesome combination of faith and works. What is faith then you may ask. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.”

If you work your faith properly, the things you don’t see will become the things you possess. However you must be prepared to use your faith to the fullest and let go of doubt, discouragement, and “grasshopper thinking.”

In Numbers 13 God told Moses to send spies to check out the land He had promised His people. At that time the Promised Land was inhabited by another tribe. In verses 31-33 the spies basically told Moses and the people, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.” “WE SEEMED LIKE GRASSHOPPERS IN OUR OWN EYES, AND WE LOOKED THE SAME TO THEM.”  The spies frightened God’s people out of going to claim what by faith was already rightfully theirs. They even started talking negatively about the blessing God had set aside for them.

Instead of using their faith coupled with work to receive their blessing, the people of God allowed fear to overtake them thus missing out on what God had planned for them to have. How many of us want to start a new business, get a better job, or purchase a house yet we allow fear and doubt to make us feel like grasshoppers? In order to partake in God’s divine blessings, we must use our faith and step out, put in the work, and get what God has waiting on us! Do away with grasshopper thinking and “leap into your destiny by faith!”

Think about it!