A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

Welcome back! Hope you had a great weekend. Last week we met Rahab. Today we are going to look at one of her first calculated moves that put her in the family of God. Grab you pen, paper & Bible and let's dig in.

1. Please read Joshua 2:1-7
I am willing to guess that Rahab was well aware that these two boys were not locals. She became even more aware when the king required her to turn them over to him. What calculated move did Rahab make when she was instructed to give the spies over to the king?
I think hiding foreigners, who you know are spies, is pretty deliberate. She intended to do that. Scripture tells us that she hid them herself. She then set the king's men on a wild goose chase after them. She risked her life to save theirs.


2. Read Joshua 2:8-13
Psalm 111:10 tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Rahab had heard of all that God had done for the Israelites. She knew that the Lord was with them and would give them the land. More importantly, she knew that in order to avoid death, she and her family needed to be on God's side.
Isn't that what draws us all to Christ? We read what He did in the lives of those in the Bible, we see & hear what He has done in the lives of people we know, and we want that for ourselves. We want to be spared from the death this world has to offer.
Rahab saw in these two young men an opportunity to save her family and herself. The same opportunity is offered to us through Jesus Christ. However, it is our choice. Our deliberate decision to accept Him as our Lord and Savior.


3. Read Revelation 3:20
What is required of us?
Jesus stands knocking at the door of our hearts and lives. We must deliberately open the door. We don't have to clean the house, mop the floors, and make everything shiny and pretty. All we are asked to do is open the door when we hear Him. He does the rest. If you have not accepted Christ as your Savior, He is knocking now. Open the door and He will do the rest. Do not believe the lies that everything must be in order before Christ will enter. The word tells us He will come into us. Ask Christ now to come into your heart and life. Let that be one of your first deliberate choices. Write down your request. It can be as simple as "Jesus I need You. Please come into my heart and life". In years to come, you will cherish having it written down to remind you of why you first turned to Him.
Perhaps you need to rededicate, to start anew. If that is you, take a moment to write a short prayer below. Let this be the day you start deliberately following Him with greater intensity.
Praise God for the work He is doing in all of us! If you asked Jesus into your life- welcome to the family! If you rededicated to run your race with greater intensity- join the club! BOTH causes the angels to heaven to rejoice!