DAY SEVEN - Joshua 2. Write out your verse and comments below, friends!Today, we look at the second woman mentioned in Jesus' genealogy and she, too, is a strong woman with a strange story! Hope God spoke to you as you pondered the passage, this morning. Here are my thoughts:
My verse: Joshua 2:11 "No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the LORD your God is the Supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below."
What an amazing declaration of belief coming from a woman trapped in an awful place, where child sacrifice and ritual prostitution were common and life for women was hard. Who knows what horrors Rahab had endured? Yet she'd heard the stories of a God who was FOR His people, and she believed.
Lord, there's so much more I'd love to know. What was Rahab's back story? How did she and Salmon meet and marry? Was Boaz her joy after a time of intense sorrow? Thank You for all of Scripture, Lord, showing me real slices of history from ancient times. Thank You for sparing Rahab, brave and bold woman, who declared her faith in You, the Supreme God.
Mine bleeds into two verses: "Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that WHEN Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families." -Joshua 2:12-13 I'm familiar with the story of Rahab. But, as you mentioned, her faith struck a chord reading it today. She had no doubt that God would conquer Jericho, it was a matter of when. And she knew He could protect her and sought His mercy. A prostitute. A Gentile prostitute. God offers love and mercy to ALL who seek it if only we believe.
Thanks for leading me to this study, Sharon!
I love how God loves all of us -- from the least to the greatest -- and then, He elevates some of the ones society thinks the least of, to places of high esteem -- like Rahab, in the line of Jesus. SO glad you joined, Jenn!