Day 2 - January 15/09

Joshua 2

Joshua sends two spies into Jericho to scope out the land, and they stay in the home of Rahab. Instead of turning them over to the guards of the king, she sends them down the road with a false story of the men leaving the city. For saving them, the men promise Rahab and her family safety when the city is attacked. After they escape, they hide in the hills for three days and then return to Joshua to relate the story to him and give the good news that the land will surely be delivered into Israelite hands.

Rahab is willing to cooperate and save the spies because she has heard the stories of how incredible and powerful God is. She reveals the secret of how all Jericho is in terror before the great God of the Israelites, and requests that she be spared from destruction. It must have taken such courage for her to be able to send away the soldiers and protect the lives of strangers. It was only by God's grace that they were saved.

Even though it wasn't the popular choice, Rahab chose to go with God. Although it could have cost her dearly, she was still willing to lay it all on the line for the opportunity to save her family and live for the only One who could ever truly save her. I want to have that kind of faith and expectation. I want to expect great things of God because I too know the wondrous things He has done. With all the evidence that the Bible and my own life provide, shouldn't I be even more capable of making such a choice?