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A Prayer to Be Impressed by Rahab’s Faithfulness
Written By: Chelsey DeMatteis, Learn By: Lia Girard

Bible Studying: “However she had introduced them as much as the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid so as on the roof.” – Joshua 2:6

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Have you ever taken the time to mirror on the seasons of your life whenever you made one option to be trustworthy to God and it modified the trajectory of all the pieces else afterward? I’ve a couple of of these moments that stand out to me, so I problem you to think about a couple of that stand out to you. Take time to write down them down, and let’s examine the lifetime of a girl within the Bible who did simply this.

Once we examine the Bible, we discover locations all all through its pages the place individuals made one option to be trustworthy in a scenario God had put them in, and it modified all the pieces, not only for them however for generations to come back. Once we take a look at the lifetime of Rahab, we see the facility of God in her life via one act of faithfulness. Let’s unpack it collectively:

Joshua 2:8-14 says, “Earlier than the lads lay down, she got here as much as them on the roof and mentioned to the lads, ‘I do know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the concern of you has fallen upon us, and that every one the inhabitants of the land soften away earlier than you. For we’ve heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Purple Sea earlier than you whenever you got here out of Egypt, and what you probably did to the 2 kings of the Amorites who have been past the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you dedicated to destruction. And as quickly as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man due to you, for the Lord your God, he’s God within the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I’ve dealt kindly with you, you additionally will deal kindly with my father’s home, and provides me a positive signal that you’ll save alive my father and mom, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and ship our lives from loss of life.’ And the lads mentioned to her, ‘Our life for yours even to loss of life! If you don’t inform this enterprise of ours, then when the Lord offers us the land we are going to deal kindly and faithfully with you.’”

In case you’ve got by no means heard of Rahab earlier than, she was extremely unlikely for use by God, given her resume on paper. She was generally known as a prostitute in her group, and from that, I feel it is protected to imagine she wasn’t included in a lot by the ladies round her. I would think about her coronary heart was hardened, unhappy, and stuffed with brokenness.

When God despatched the spies into the land that they might quickly conquer, they came across Rahab for assist, and some of the unbelievable moments of testifying unfolds. Rahab shares, “For we’ve heard…” (vs 10), then she goes on testifying all she and her individuals had heard of. She knew these males have been God’s individuals, and the facility of their testimony left her coronary heart modified perpetually. 

She selected to deal faithfully with these males and conceal them. She selected to be trustworthy to God, although she hadn’t been in a rising relationship with Him. What adopted her one act of faithfulness triggered generational change. Her faithfulness to God triggered these males to deal faithfully and kindly along with her and her household. If we glance even farther down the road, Rahab is within the lineage of Jesus. 

Watching this unfold within the lifetime of Rahab ought to trigger all of us to need to reside a lifetime of faithfulness in each the massive and small. We must always need to be believers who’re marked by the testimonies of God. To be these form of believers means saying “sure” when God prompts and “no” when God says to cease. It is being discerning and looking for knowledge. It is trusting in God to have all the small print deliberate earlier than our alternative of faithfulness is ready into movement.

Let’s Pray:
Lord, thanks for the present of your faithfulness. What a present it’s to see the best way you’ve got been trustworthy from the very starting of time. Assist me to decide on faithfulness within the large and small. Maintain my coronary heart near yours as I search to be marked by your goodness and charm. In Jesus’ title, amen. 

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Chelsey is the voice behind the Residing with Much less Podcast and creator of the 52-week devotional Extra of Him, Much less of Me: Residing a Christ-centered Life in a Me-centered World. She writes devotions for Lifeway Ladies’s Journey Journal, Crosswalk.com, and iBelieve.com. She additionally writes Bible studying plans for the YouVersion Bible App. Chelsey lives in Ohio along with her husband and two youngsters. You’ll be able to join along with her on Instagram @chelseydematteis and at her web site ChelseyDeMatteis.com.

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