My Righteous Shall Live By Faith

 "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." (Hebrews 10:38)

    There is a person who lived in the old testament days whose name is referred to in the new testament multiple times and that too in two important passages and that person is the woman Rahab, often referred to as harlot Rahab. It is such a miracle that she got her name placed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Mt 1) and also in the list of names of the heroes of faith (Hb 11). Do you wonder how? By faith!

    When two Israelites had come to spy out the land of Jericho, where Rahab lived, she knowing that they are the people of God made room for them in her home and protected them from the enemies. She had only heard about the God of Israelites and the wonderful deeds which He had done. But just by hearing, she believed - that He is the true living God and that He is able to fulfill what He has promised. Even most of the Israelites did not have this faith. By faith, she boldly protected those two Israelites and God in return protected her and her family and made them a part of His own people.

    She once was a harlot, but when she believed in the living God, she was made righteous by Him - she's no longer a harlot, but a woman of great faith. Not only that, by her faith she became the great great grandmother of Jesus :) Her faith justified her and by faith she lived!!