Daily Devotional
"And they said to Joshua, 'Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands, and also all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us."
Joshua 2:24
When the spies returned to Joshua, they brought back more than military intelligence. They brought back testimony of God’s grace in action. They had witnessed firsthand how God’s grace could reach into the darkest corners of a pagan city and transform a heart. Their mission had become an object lesson in the power of the Gospel.
Rahab’s story should fundamentally change how we view evangelism and ministry. If God can reach a pagan prostitute in enemy territory, then no one in our lives is beyond His grace. Not our rebellious teenager. Not our unbelieving spouse. Not our hostile coworker. Not our addicted friend. No one.
This means we should never give up praying for people or looking for opportunities to share God’s love with them. It means we should expect God to work in the most unlikely places and through the most unlikely people. It means we should be bold in our witness because grace is more powerful than any sin or situation.
The scandal of grace is that it includes people we would exclude and reaches people we have written off. This should lead us to worship, humility, and bold evangelism. We worship because we ourselves are recipients of this scandalous grace. We remain humble because we know we deserved no better treatment than anyone else. And we evangelize boldly because we know grace can reach anyone.
Today's Challenge
How does Rahab's story change your perspective on the people in your life who seem far from God? What would it look like for you to live with greater expectation that God's grace can reach anyone?
Prayer
Father, thank You for the scandalous grace that reached Rahab and reaches me. Help me to never underestimate the power of Your grace to transform any heart. Give me boldness to share Your love with those who seem furthest from You. May I live with confident expectation that Your grace can reach anyone, anywhere, at any time. Use me as an instrument of Your scandalous grace. In Jesus' name, Amen.
