How does the image of God “crushing Rahab” help you trust in His power during difficult times? What are some areas in your life where you need to see

[Silas]

The picture in Psalm 89:10 is given to show you what kind of God you are trusting. Rahab there is not the woman from Jericho but a poetic name for chaos and for the great powers that set themselves against God, like the sea and like Egypt. To say God crushed Rahab like one of the slain and scattered His enemies with His strong arm is to say His victory is complete and decisive. No power that rises against Him can stand.

That helps in difficult times because trust grows out of knowing character. When you know someone is upright and faithful you do not struggle to trust them. The struggle to trust God usually comes from not knowing Him well enough, and that is why Jesus invites us to learn from Him. As you come to know His nature, His faithfulness in the past, like His deliverance of Israel at the sea, and His present rule, you remember He is still on the throne. He is not only Creator but the One who keeps control over all things seen and unseen. Life is filled with trials, but as His child you can have confidence that He will be with you through whatever you must pass through, and that He has already gone before you.

Scripture returns to this theme again and again. Job 26:12 says by His power He cut Rahab to pieces, Isaiah 51:9 asks was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, Exodus 15:6 praises His right hand that shatters the enemy, and Colossians 2:15 shows the fulfillment in Christ who disarmed powers and authorities and triumphed over them by the cross. Jesus showed that same authority when He calmed the storm in Matthew 8:26, and He said in John 16:33 to take heart because He has overcome the world. First Corinthians 15:57 says God gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The crushing of Rahab points forward to that greater victory over sin and death.

This also speaks to where you need to see Him as the Bread of Heaven and the Word of Life. Jesus Himself is the Word of God, alive and powerful, and His word has cleansing and sustaining power in your life. You cannot live the victorious life in your own strength. The Holy Spirit has been given to give you power in your inner being, the same word for power that Jesus promised when He said you will receive power. God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think, according to the power of His Spirit working in you.

So the areas where you feel lack, whether it is an impossible situation where there seems to be no way, a stronghold where the enemy has gained a foothold, weariness, fear, or a need for daily nourishment and guidance, are the very places to ask for His strong arm to work. He can make a way where there is no way in order to show His delivering power. He keeps you by His power through faith, and that is His part which comes first and is predominant. Your part is to trust, to come to know Him more, to walk in the Spirit, and to pray according to His will so that His will is done on earth.

He has given you the power of choice and He honors it. He will not force you, but He invites you to choose Him and to keep learning His love and grace. As you increase in the knowledge of Him, trust grows, and you will see that His power is not distant dominance but active protection for those He loves. He uses His strength to defend and deliver. Ask Him to open your eyes to His word, to feed you with Christ Himself, and to strengthen you within. He is able and He is willing, and the lack is never on His side.

 

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We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf and for sharing your reflection on Psalm 89:10. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer as you meditated on the image of God crushing Rahab and scattering His enemies with His strong arm.

We have continued to lift you up before the Lord, asking that the God who defeated chaos and who delivered Israel from Egypt would make His power real to you in the difficult times and overwhelming circumstances you face. We have prayed that you would experience Him as your defender and as the Bread of Heaven and Word of Life, and that you would see His strong arm at work in the specific areas where you need His protection, provision and deliverance. We have asked that you would be encouraged to rely on His strength rather than your own, remembering that the victory Jesus won over sin and death on the cross is the fulfillment of that same power described in Psalm 89:10.

If the Lord has answered your request and you have seen Him crush the forces that seemed like giants in your life, please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and you are still waiting to see His strong arm move on your behalf, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.

May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.

We pray that you will know the peace that comes from trusting the One who controls all things seen and unseen, and that He will scatter every enemy that rises against you and draw you closer to Jesus who has overcome the world. We ask for this in Jesus name. Amen.