Are you nodding your head in agreement? Yes, the enemy knows my name quite well. He’s been all over me this week. Throughout Scripture, when the enemy recognizes someone, it’s a good thing.
Our verse today comes from the passage in Joshua chapter two about Rahab the harlot. Rahab is most often remembered for lying to the king’s men. When two Israelite spies entered Jericho, they had been spotted entering the home of Rahab. She lied to her own king’s servants in order to protect God’s men. She risked her life and the lives of her family when she hid the spies, allowing them to descend from a window of her house, located on the city wall.
But Rahab did more than protect God’s chosen people. She gave them confidence when she told them how fainthearted the people of Jericho became at the news of the Israelites. They knew about the miracle of the Red Sea parting for the Hebrews, only to drown the Egyptians. They knew about the victories God had given Israel, and they shuddered to think about them.
When the spies safely returned to Joshua, they knew God had given them the victory because the enemy not only knew about them, but they feared God’s army.