There's a scene in "National Treasure" where the main character, played by Nicholas Cage, is using a pair of special glasses to view an old piece of parchment. The parchment didn't seem like much at first, until correctly viewed with the right combination of lenses, as designed by its creator. Then a wonderful picture appeared, as if out of nowhere, giving a clue to the next step in finding the treasure.
God created us to view things through a spiritual lens. And things do not appear as they ought without it.
Take for example the 12 spies that went into Canaan. Joshua and Caleb saw with their spiritual lenses of faith that the land could be conquered, just as God promised. The other 10 did not use that same lens and "were as grasshoppers" in relative size to the giants. It really does make a difference which lens we use!
With the natural eyes and mind we think our brute strength and cunning make the difference. That's what Goliath thought too. But in God's economy, the weak are strong, and the strong weak.
Jeremiah 17:5 declares that the person is cursed who "makes flesh his strength." That kind of person just doesn't get it. The lens they view life with is all distorted and does not reflect reality. In order to see things as they really are, one must have faith in the living God — the one who gives us the ability to see truth and reality. And God gives us His word to develop our faith, and thereby we are given a brand new set of glasses to see the world with.
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