Friday, May 22, 2015

After the walls come tumbling down...

Joshua 6:21-25 Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword. But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.” So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 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. 
The people of Israel had seen God fulfill His great promises.  But other promises had been made that had to be fulfilled as well - to Rahab and her household.  We need to take our promises as seriously as  God does.  Rahab and her family were blessed as God blessed His people.  That happens often when we pray - God blesses beyond what we see - beyond the walls.  Not only were the prayers of Israel answered, with the walls falling down so they could get in; the prayers of Rahab were answered so she could get out.

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