Rahab's Refuge

“Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive… because she hid the messengers” (Joshua 6:25).  “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished” (Proverbs 27:12).  “I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep… My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me:  and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand” (John 10:11-28). 

Did Jericho look down with scorn  

At Israel’s army in their path? 

Did not the Jordan River warn

Her citizens to flee from wrath? 

             

Was Rahab’s household all alone

Prepared to flee from wrath that came? 

The wrath of God to her was shown;

Was not the city shown the same? 

Is this a time to look around

And wait to see how others act,

When prophecies fulfilled abound

To show that judgment is a fact? 

A prudent person will foresee

The evil coming and will hide,

But fools ignore eternity

And mock God’s judgment in their pride. 

How foolishly they trust their walls,

Like Jericho so vainly did! 

They care not that the Savior calls

To turn to Him and thus be hid. 

There is a Refuge, only One,

We find alone in Jesus Christ,

For God sent His beloved Son

To be our Savior sacrificed.

His sheep have heard their Shepherd’s voice,

And in His Refuge they find rest. 

They know He lives and they rejoice

To see His empty tomb attest! 

O Lord, we thank You that we find

The Refuge Rahab found in You! 

We rest our heart, our soul, and mind

On Your salvation proven true. 

We take the Gospel that You gave

To plead with other souls as well

To show, like Rahab, You will save

And be their Refuge where You dwell.