Rahab heard the sound of the trumpets, the shouts and cries of men. She could hear the mighty walls of Jericho cracking. She could feel its formidable foundation shaking. Yet, she, along with her household, sat safely and expectantly inside the walls of her house.

The walls of her house were attached to the same crackling walls of the city. Its foundation sat atop the shaking foundation of the city. Yet, her house did not shake, crack or fall until the Lord called her household out.

“But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho” (Josh. 6:25).

Rahab the prostitute. Rahab the sinner. Rahab the heathen. Rahab the saved.

Put the flesh and blood of today on that, set your name in that list: Justin the prostitute, Justin the sinner, Justin the heathen, and Justin the saved.

Rahab showed kindness to the spies of Israel when it would have made more sense to expose them. Rahab stayed in Jericho, knowing of its impending destruction, when she could have fled. Rahab placed the red skein of salvation out the window, her own Passover, when she could have sold it. She trusted in the word given to her, when she could have feared for her life.

Then Joshua, Yehoshua, saved her. Joshua, the one leading Israel into the Promised Land, saved a gentile prostitute from the destruction that surrounded her. How did the Lord bless Rahab? She would become a grandmother of David, and ultimately a grandmother of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus (Joshua).

Every believer, born-again by God’s grace (Eph. 2:8-10), had prostituted themselves to the desires of this world. We have all been Rahab at one time, therefore we can speak to those who yet are.

Are the walls of your city crumbling? What will you do saint? Wait on the Lord, safely within the walls of His promise, with the hope of redemption displayed for all to see, and behold His salvation: Yeshua/Jesus!

The walls of society are crumbling as the breath of the trumpet begins to blow. But you are secure in Him. Even while you are feeling the walls and foundations shake, the blood of the Lamb makes safe. What then shall we do?

Paul exhorts us: “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (Gal. 6:9).

How many will fit in your household? You are yet on a mission, advancing the Gospel, not retreating as the walls shake. No matter where He found you, like Rahab, He has great plans for you.

Be well. Shalom.