04/06/2025
When Grace Breaks the Label โ๐ผ
Who is Rahab?
She was a pr******te in the city of Jericho. Thatโs not a metaphor, that was her identity. When people heard her name, they didnโt think โleader,โ โwoman of God,โ or โmother of nations.โ
They thought: sinner, unclean, unworthy.
Rahab didnโt grow up in church. She didnโt know the law of Moses. She was a Canaanite, surrounded by idol worship and wickedness. But when she heard about the God of Israel, the God who split the Red Sea, the God who delivered His people, something stirred in her.
So when the Israelite spies showed up in her city, Rahab made a decision. She hid them. She protected them. She took a stand of faith, even though it meant risking her life.
She said to the spies in Joshua 2:11,
โThe Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath.โ
That was her confession of faith. That was her moment. And God honored it. The walls of Jericho fell, but Rahabโs house stood. Her family was saved. And her past didnโt follow her, grace covered it. She didnโt just survive, she was transformed.
She was grafted into the people of God. She married Salmon, a man of Israel. She gave birth to Boaz, yes, that Boaz who married Ruth. And from that line came David, and generations laterโฆ JESUS CHRIST!
A former pr******te became a mother in the lineage of the Messiah.
Donโt tell me God canโt use you because of your past. Donโt tell me youโve messed up too bad, fallen too far, or that itโs too late. The blood of Jesus goes deeper than your history. Grace reaches farther than your shame.
Rahabโs story tells us: God doesnโt need your perfection, He wants your faith.
If God used Rahab, He can use you. He can redeem you. He can place purpose inside your broken places and write you into His story.
So donโt hide your past, bring it to Jesus. Because what the enemy meant for destruction, God will use for destiny.
You may have a past, but in Christ, you also have a future.