Victorious conquerors....or squashed grasshoppers

The Bible tells the story about twelve men sent to spy out the land God had promised to the Israelites
when they left Egyptian slavery. After forty days of wondering through the land, all of the men came
back with glowing reports about the fertility and produce they had seen. They described the land as " flowing with milk and honey "[Numbers 13:27]. In other words, the grass was so lush that the cows
couldn't help but produce milk in plentiful quantity, and the foliage was so thick that the honeybees
had plenty to work with. They brought back pomegranates, figs, and grapes  as prove of the land's bounty.
  Two of the men said, " Let's go now! Let's move in and occupy the land God has given us ! [Numbers 13:30]. This two men, Joshua and Caleb, focused on what God had promised to the Israelites and on what they believed God would do to enable them to conquer any obstacles ahead.
  The other ten spies had a different take. They focused on the people they had seen in the land and they said, in essence, " We can't fight against these people. They are stronger than we are -- in fact, they are giants."  We were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" [Numbers 13:33].
  Fear gripped them and they refused to cross over into the land God had told them would be theirs.
Instead, they wandered in a wilderness for forty years until every person (except) Joshua and Caleb died.
  Victorious conquerors or squashed grasshoppers.
Their fate lay in the way they saw themselves.
So , too does our future flow from the way we see ourselves. Our perception of ourselves is far more powerful then the circumstances of our life. How others see us doesn't  matter nearly as much as how we see ourselves.
  The majority of the Israelites saw themselves certainly wasn't the way God saw them. It wasn't the way Joshua and Caleb saw themselves. But they saw themselves as failures, and they failed.
  Joshua and Caleb saw themselves as successful, and they eventually succeeded. Joshua became the leader of the Israelites as they crossed the Jordan River forty years later to claim the land, defeating Jericho and other countless other cities. Caleb took possession of the hill country near Bethlehem and established roots in the region that continued until today ( Numbers 14:24, Joshua 1:1-11 - and 14:6-14). - Paula White

As we are about to enter a new year, we are promised a blessed year. Blessing in our home, finances, children , health and every area of our lives. Our fate can be a victorious  one, if we can allow ourselves to believe God's promises!