Rahab’s Blessings

Hebrews 11:31 – By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she received the spies with peace.

Now get a hold of this picture. The prostitute Rahab and her family were taken into the Israeli camp to live among the people. Can you imagine how the prostitute was dressed and what she looked like among those holy virgin women?

God in His infinite grace, mercy, and love had compassion on this prostitute who was willing to be used by Him. Even though she had lived in prostitution, when she encountered God, she allowed God to use the brokenness of her life to bring deliverance to His people.

God took her into the Israeli camp, and Salmon, one of the spies who were sent into Jericho, bypassed all the other women in his tribe and married Rahab. One of Joshua’s top leaders married the prostitute because it was in God’s divine plan.

If that was all God did for Rahab that alone would have been a blessing in her life. God, however, did not stop there in His destiny for her. Rahab and Salmon had children and in Matthew 1, we find Rahab in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. God did not conclude Rahab’s story there.

In Hebrews 11, you see that Rahab was the only other woman besides Sarah, Abraham’s wife, who was listed in the famous hall of faith. God took a prostitute who probably had no dream or vision for her life and used the broken pieces not only to deliver His people but to deliver her as well. He forgave, cleansed, and put her on a new path to a destiny she never imagined or dared to dream. He did not waste a single thing that happened in her life. He took all of the brokenness, used it for His glory, and then gave her a testimony, which has been told for centuries, just because she was willing to yield to Him. He worked all things together for her good and transformed her life.

Please ponder and meditate on this:

How will you experience the abundant blessings of God?