“...we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” It is not how others see us that’s so important, but how we perceive ourselves. Because these men viewed themselves as being small, insignificant, and weak, they imagined others felt the same about them. Sometimes, other people’s conception of us is what we ourselves have created.
If we do not see ourselves in Christ and “somebodies,” then we will present an image of a “nobody.” And few, if any, are impressed with this sort. You can always spot the latter; their philosophy is “We be not able.” The former is always easy to recognize, for their attitude is “...we are well able.”
The one sees an Omnipotent God; the other, an impotent grasshopper. Both of these outlooks stem from how we think about ourselves. The wise man put it this way: “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Many heirs of God, think like paupers.
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