Joshua 1-3

Has the fear of God ever paralyzed you? I can think of no case where I was immobilized because of God. maybe that is because I have not been threatened by his wrath. Rahab and Jericho where in a different situation. The harlot confessed to the spies that the stories of God wrath and power sucked their breath out of them. But rather than stumble around in fear Rahab saw the arrival of the Jewish spies as an opportunity to declare her faith. In the presence of those two men of the covenant, and maybe her family, she spoke her faith; the God of Israel was ruler of everything. And in the growing faith she sought the grace of God; and received it. The other people of Jericho acted in fear. This one woman accepted God's invitation to faith. And because of her faith she saw God's salvation.
Stuart