Our Lord, He is God in Heaven Above and in Earth Beneath

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.  - Joshua 2:4-11

Dear Friends,

Rahab the prostitute had heard of the deliverance God had provided for the children of Israel. She heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea to allow them safe passage.  She had heard of victories in battle.  The truth of God's provision for Israel had reigned supreme in the land.  The declaration had been spread abroad:

"The Lord your God, he is God in heaven above and in earth beneath."

The alarm is being sounded today in this present age. Time and again the Lord is showing Himself strong and mighty in holding back destruction and delivering his people in miraculous ways. 

Joy to the world, the Lord has come!

Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

in Christ,

Sis. Stephanie