Rahab — Gripped by Glory
Rahab... what a sweet testimony of the redeeming interruption and permanent invasion of God's grace.
This woman, Rahab, which her name means broad/wide or large, goes from being a canaanite•pagan•gentile•prostitute to a woman of faith, a wife and the great great great great and so on...grandmother of both David and Jesus. I think her name represent more of the width of her testimony than her body size. And I'm pretty sure her name and immoral work was well known in Jericho—but because a grace, and her acts of faith, her name and favor with the Lord has been widely spread across the globe and throughout the ages.
That's right, grace... God's redeeming grace in Christ, can take a wretch like me, a Canaanite harlot like Rahab and a sinner like you, and make a beautiful and broad testimony out our lives for His glory and the good of those around us.
Truth—that makes us free—always causes a crisis with our convictions before it breaks the chains of deception, pride and lies. Truth, measured out by God's redeeming grace, will take a bottom feeder like me and Rahab and make us into a blessing of God's faithfulness.
Rahab went from being a bottom feeding worm — gnawing on the rottenness of Jericho — to a warrior and wife — who unashamedly placed her trust and life in the Lord's hands. Her living witness became a rich testimony to God's redeeming grace.
Oh, the difference the right message and messengers make in the lives of those who welcome them with open hearts and arms.
Hope and help for the bottom feeders
"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. 41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet s |
