Least Likely

<p>Hollywood gives us larger than life spies who are dashing drivers of flashy Aston-Martins and other luxury sports cars. But Jonna Mendez, a former CIA chief, paints an opposite picture of the real thing. An agent must be &ldquo;the little gray man,&rdquo; she says, someone nondescript, not flashy. &ldquo;You want them to be forgettable.&rdquo; The best agents are those least likely to appear like agents.</p> <p>When two of Israel&rsquo;s spies slipped into Jericho, it was Rahab who hid them from the king&rsquo;s soldiers (Joshua 2:4). She was seemingly the least likely person for God to employ as an espionage agent, for she had three strikes against her: she was a Canaanite, a woman, and a prostitute. Yet Rahab had started to believe in the God of the Israelites: &ldquo;Your God is God in heaven&rdquo; (v. 11). She hid God&rsquo;s spies under flax on the roof, assisting in their daring escape. God rewarded her faith: &ldquo;Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family&rdquo; (6:25).</p> <p>Sometimes we might feel we are the least likely to be used by God. Perhaps we have physical limitations, don&rsquo;t feel &ldquo;flashy&rdquo; enough to lead, or have a tarnished past. But history is filled with &ldquo;nondescript&rdquo; believers redeemed by God, people like Rahab who were given a special mission for His kingdom. Be assured: He has divine purposes for even the least likely of us.</p>