Joshua 2:1-6
1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
2 The king of Jericho was told, “Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”
4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
Joshua 2:22-24
22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. 23 Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua, “The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”
Related Text:
Matthew 1:1-6
Hebrews 11:31
James 2:25
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Just a Thought
If God us willing to use a prostitute to help others, don’t you think He is willing to use you as well to make an impact for His Kingdom? And, as judgmental as that sentence may sound, it is not intended to be. Everyone is aware of how society views prostitution. But God, the Creator of everything, the God Most High, He used Rahab despite her sin.
Don’t get caught up in a spiral of self pity or an attitude of worthlessness. God can use you, all you have to be is willing. I encourage everyone to read the related text in today’s scripture. It’s pretty short, but it really makes an impact. In Matthew, you will read how Rahab is in the genealogy of Jesus!
