A Day-by-day devotional

Tie your red ribbon

March 28, 2023

Chronological One Year Bible Reading Plan: Judges 1-4

Scripture of the Day: Joshua 2

Rahab was a prostitute. Not a very appealing job in society. Nonetheless one act of faith saved not only her life but her entire household. That household, many years later, would become the roots to which the genealogy of Jesus traces back. Had that household not been spared when the Israelites attacked Jericho, would its family line have continued?

Definitely, the clan had been instrumental in the building up the family line of Jesus in His father’s side. Who would have thought that the family of Rahab, a prostitute and a Canaanite, would later lead to the Messianic line? God certainly has a peculiar way of changing one’s future and destiny.

Having helped the spies, Rahab was promised salvation, by marking her house with a scarlet cord which she should tie and leave hanging out by her window. In the same way that the red cord became Rahab’s path to her and her family’s salvation, the blood of Jesus became ours. Since we have been washed by His blood, the cord hanging out from the window of our hearts to the outside becomes the sign that we are to be spared. When God looks at our house, the body which is His Spirit’s temple, he sees not us, but the blood of His Son Jesus covering us. Our house has a red cord hanging, which, to the world, is a significant sign to whom we belong. We belong to Christ!

Like Rahab, we were once sinners. But the scarlet cord which is Jesus’ blood, has marked our salvation. It has renewed our future and destiny.

Reflection: Do you have the scarlet ribbon tied down along your window? In what way does it reflect the condition of your heart?

Prayer: Father, my past was filled with memories of the failures and mistakes I made. Allow me to not dwell, look back and reflect on them as much as I do with the future and hope that I know I have in you. Amen.