Exodus 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.
Back in the days of pharaoh, the faith of the people was severely shaken when they saw him coming up from behind. They soon lost sight of God, and in the heat of the moment, they were ready to surrender their newly minted freedom. Even though God was in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, the Hebrews, just like in the days of Goliath exclaimed in fear: “Have you seen this man?”
God had recently shaken down the entire land of Egypt with mighty plagues, and the deaths of their first born was fresh in their memory, but now, at the first sign of danger they become fixated on pharaoh, and they ask: Have you seen this man? It's the very same thing that took place when spies were sent out to see the land of Canaan. Everything went well until they saw the giants and sure enough the old habit of looking to man surfaced again, and the rest is history.
Another serious danger of looking to man, is that it has been observed that persons who do so are likely to compare themselves with the man in question. If the man is a good man, then he might get more attention and accolades, but if he is a wicked man, those who are fixated on him could be in danger of feeling very righteous when compared to him.
Numbers 13: 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!