09/07/2026
Sometimes what feels like discernment is actually an old wound doing the interpreting.
The Israelites saw the Promised Land—and they saw the giants. But somewhere between what they saw and what they believed, fear became the filter.
“We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes.” — Numbers 13:33
The circumstances were real. The giants were real. But the conclusion they drew about themselves wasn’t necessarily the truth.
The same thing can happen to us.
Past rejection can make us expect rejection.
Past hurt can make us anticipate hurt.
Past disappointment can make us afraid to hope again.
Romans 12:2 reminds us that transformation happens through the renewing of our minds.
So maybe the question isn’t only, “What am I feeling?”
Maybe it’s also:
Is this fact—or is this filter?
What past experience might be influencing the way you’re interpreting something in your life right now?