God made His love very clear for us with the birth of Jesus. In the incarnation, we see His faithfulness, His promises fulfilled, and His love for all of us. He has been faithful even when we are not. God made His love for His people very clear as He led them out of Egypt, never giving up on them despite their repeated lack of trust in Him. He had made them a nation as He had promised Abraham. He gave them a land that He had promised them many generations before. In the middle of figuring out what the next steps for entering the land were, the Israelites found a woman who understood quite a lot about God and who He is. Rahab is relatable. She was far from God. She was a Gentile, not one of God’s chosen people. She was a prostitute, and living a lifestyle that didn’t exactly honor God’s commands. She was not from the right family. She had nothing that gave her any kind of advantage. She was not the picture of spiritual or religious piety. While we cannot fully identify with Rahab, we certainly understand what it means to be far from God by our lifestyle choices and sin that has separated us from Him. Rahab was far from God. On the other hand, she undoubtedly had a strong understanding of this God who was foreign to the land in which she lived. Rahab 24
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