Overcoming the ‘I Can’t’ Mentality

We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” Numbers 13:33

Wherever you go, you take your mentality with you. After four hundred years as captives in Egypt, the Israelites needed to adjust to their new freedom and learn to step into unfamiliar situations. They functioned best when other people told them what to do. Consequently when they approached the Promised Land and their leader sent twelve spies in to check it out, ten came back saying, ‘The inhabitants of the land are giants. We are like grasshoppers compared to them.’ But two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, knew God was with them so they reported,‘The inhabitants of the land are like grasshoppers to us. We are well able to overcome them’ (see v. 30). Joshua and Caleb developed the capacity to see things from God’s vantage point. It spelled the difference between success and failure – and this one secret will change your world. You learn to ‘mount up with wings’ like an eagle (Isaiah 40:31) and see every situation from a higher viewpoint: through God’s eyes! You stop looking at the devil’s picture of defeat and focus on God’s portrait of success. This is your ticket to the Promised Land! Start speaking what you desire – not what you dread (see Psalm 107:2). Speak your expectations – not your fears. This isn’t mind-over-matter or pop psychology. It’s standing on God’s Word declaring, ‘I am what God says I am…I have what God says I have…and I can do what God says I can do!’ (see Philippians 4:13).

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me eliminate “can’t” from my vocabulary when it comes to things You call me to do. In Jesus’ Name, Amen