Giants and Grasshoppers
By George Thurlow
The Bible tells us of 12 men
Sent out to act as spies;
To investigate the Promise Land
And what lay over the other side.
When they had returned to camp
Ten had tales of woe:
Evil reports, unbelief
And talk of giant foes.
But two of a different spirit
Had faith and trust in God.
"Let us go and possess it"
"God has promised us Canaan's sod".
Ten lacked spiritual vision
And were men of little faith.
They perceived themselves as grasshoppers;
Believed the odds were just too great.
Their lack of faith displeased the Lord
With their murmurings and complaints.
They were sent back to the wilderness
For a forty year long wait.
There's a lesson here that we must learn,
To trust in God's own might:
Not looking at the circumstance,
But to walk by faith not sight.
When God declares a promise
We can rely on what was heard.
For God is not a liar
Trustworthy is His Word.
Look at life through eyes of faith
Grasshoppers never be.
Conquer every giant
And possess all God's given thee.
Numbers 13:30-33
Numbers 13:30-33
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 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.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 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.
