The people of Israel stood on the edge of Canaan but even after being told of the beautiful, promised land, they couldn’t rise to the opportunity God gave them. They still saw themselves as powerless slaves, even as grasshoppers.  We also can see a Promised Land before us but if we don’t see ourselves as those able to enter it, we won’t be able to.  Corinthians tells us that we are “new creatures” in Christ; a brand-new species and our future is as bright as the promises of God. God can do exceedingly abundantly above what we can ask or think. (Eph 3:19 -20). But we need to think about ourselves differently. 

It’s not your haircut or clothes or address that changed, but you; you're now God’s child. Your potential, your future and the impact of your past upon you, have changed completely. Certainly, our perception of God has changed but how you see yourself is more important than how you see your future. We might even have ignored ministry or work dreams and opportunities because we never saw ourselves as able.

Friends, people don’t necessarily grow into their potential; they only grow into what they think they deserve or what they believe they are capable of. God has made you more than able by putting Himself within you! The most important vision is not what you see ahead of you but who you see inside you. If you see yourself rightly, a new future will appear.