God ‘sometimes’ Chooses the unlikeliest people (for Himself) AND Uses the unlikeliest people (to help or rescue us). We must allow Him to Choose or miss a blessing.
1 Then Joshua son of Nun ‘Secretly’ sent two spies from Shittim. ‘Go, look over the land,’ he said, ‘especially Jericho.’ So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. Joshua 2
Joshua (means Saviour), had taken up the reigns of leadership in Israel. Sometimes we are thrust by circumstances (death of Moses) into doing things for which we may not feel equipped. God may have put some of us in such a place today, we may not be able but God is! Trust Him and keep going forward, it may only be for a time.
Joshua sent the two spies out ‘Secretly’. Once again it may be wise to keep what God is telling us to do to ourselves! Don’t be in a hurry to tell others what you feel God has given you to do. He may be testing you to see if He can trust you with more important matters. Others around you may not have any understanding of what you’re being called to do and may try to convince you against the leading of the Lord. Joshua was thrust into taking decisions for a whole nation and he wanted to get up to date intelligence.
The two Israelite spies went to the house of Rahab in Jericho just as they’d been ordered. The king of Jericho knew of the spies and ordered Rahab to hand them over.
4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, ‘Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.’ 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
Rahab laid a false trail for the king’s men to follow. She hid the spies and helped them. Rahab understood what was about to happen and she contended with the spies for the lives of her family and loved ones. She was brave and resourceful and is listed in Hebrews 11 as one of the heroes of the Faith.
17 Now the men had said to her, ‘This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us 18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. 19 If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. Joshua 2
The two men who were sent to spy out the land before the final attack became the means of salvation for one resourceful woman and her family. God used those spies to bring salvation to a whole family. Do you need help today? (we are seeking God ourselves this very day). God may choose to send it from the most unlikely place, be open to His help however it comes. He will do things His way, rarely how we think.
God bless and keep you today.