SECRETS OF THE SCRIPTURES

SECRETS OF THE SCRIPTURES (SOS)

Dr Mmachukwu Kingsley

When The Prostitute Had More Faith Than The Pastor

Part 1

Josh. 2

Joshua had both an enviable and unenviable ministry.

Enviable in being the right hand man of Moses (Ex. 33:11), arguably the greatest and most powerful prophet in the Bible. He had a front row seat to the glory and majesty of the Most High and His dealings with His servant. (eg Ex. 24:9-13)

However, unenviable in the sense that he had to step into the shoes of Moses after his departure (Deut. 1:38).

How does anyone do this?

So his insecurities are wholly understandable.

They were to take Jericho, so like his mentor before him, he sent out spies to gather intelligence on the objective.

The only problem with this, is that, this was so very much against the methods of the Most High, Who had just brought them into the promised land.

We must admit that this human foible actually adds color and variety to the narrative (as most of the failings of Bible characters do).

Back to the subject at hand.

The spies set up a reconnaissance forward operating base in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Meanwhile note that God led them through the wilderness without sending spies or reconnaissance teams ahead. He did so even when hostile nations were involved.

Why is this?

Because there is nothing any man can spy out that He already doesn't know.

LESSONS:

1. The further we are from the Lord (eg. Moses vs Joshua or even our seasons of grace vs our seasons of struggle), the more difficult it is to trust Him.

2. Trusting God can be easy in principle but difficult in practice

3. Even the greatest men of God sometimes struggle in their walk with the Lord

4. God most often tends to "overlook" the failures, idiosyncrasies, errors and mistakes of His ministers

5. God has all the answers but getting them from Him is often complicated.

PRAYERS :

Lord help me in my inadequacies.

2Cor 3:5:

5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

O Lord let my insecurities never push me to fail You

1 Kg. 12:26-30

Lord Jesus give me the wisdom to fulfill my destiny in righteousness.

Gen 39:20:

20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Father teach me how to follow you and help me to do so faithfully

Jn. 10:1-5

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