![]() ![]() So Rahab was ready to risk her life by planning a way of escape for the spies. Only by trusting in Jesus and His word instead of the clamor coming from the enemy can we overcome their deception. Or that because there are more of them than there are of us they must be right. They have heard of the power of our God and know their only chance is to deceive as many as possible to thinking they are too powerful to defeat. This is why our enemies respond to us the way they do. Rahab was also fearful for her life and that of her family because she had heard of the power of the God of Israel. And how they were terrified of the children of Israel because God was with them. Because God knew that she would tell them everything about the people living in Jericho. We see this in that it was by God’s design that the spies went to her house. God had prepared the way for the spies. Hearranged for a harlot to be the one who would befriend the spies. It seems he had learned the lesson from his own experience that they should explore the land secretly so that the hearts of the people would not fail from fear as they did with Moses. Joshua was not demonstrating a lack of faith by sending the spies, but was showing his trust in God’s plan and that he was ready to carry it out. So Joshua sent the spies on a secret mission. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.” We read, “Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. They were not asked to discover if they could conquer the land, but to “view the land” in preparation for entering in. “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience And patience, experience and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.įor when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”īut, this time we read in Joshua2:1 that he only sent two spies out secretly. Paul also shares with us in Rom.5 how our experiences with God’s leading and working in our lives helps us to have hope so that we can trust God. And we see how Joshua learned from his experience with God how to believe God as he prepared to lead the Israelites into Canaan. And that because God had promised to give them the land they should not be afraid. Surely Joshua had learned a lesson from that experience. Only Caleb joined with Joshua to proclaim that it was “a land flowing with milk and honey”. When 12 spies were sent to explore the same promised land and ten returned terrified saying, “there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight”. And these reported back to the people that the land of Canaan could not be taken because of these giants. No doubt Joshua remembered the mission that Moses sent him on many years before that we read of in Numbers 13:33. In the same way God prepares the way for us as we battle “spiritual wickedness in high places”. He had been instructed to be “strong and courageous” in doing this as he placed his faith in the Lord for His leading and guidance. In chapter 2 we find Joshua making preparations to spy out the city of Jericho before the entire camp of Israel crossed the Jordan river. But, we must stand firm on the word of truth and know that God is with us in all He tells us to do. And did not lean on his own understanding. We too are not to rely on our own logic or limited understanding. Joshua was able to do this because he always believed the Lord. So the Lord tells us to be strong and courageous in ours. So as the Lord told Joshua to be “strong and courageous” in all their battles. This is why the truly saved are not deceived by every wind of doctrine. Just as it was then, neither do we listen to the voices of the world. ![]() ![]() And that the people were to now receive their instructions from Joshua.Īs Joshua instructed them then, so we now receive our instruction from Holy Spirit. We read how Joshua was told by God to lead the children of Israel into the land that was promised to their fathers. In the first chapter of Joshua we see Israel preparing to cross the Jordan and enter the promised land. ![]()
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