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Joshua 2:1 · World English Bible

Joshua 2:1 Meaning Joshua the Son of Nun Secretly Sent

Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

What does Joshua 2:1 mean?

Joshua means Jehovah saves, and he is the power in you that carries out the promise, your own imagination bringing you into what you long for. Jericho is not a walled town but the most desirable state you could occupy, the fulfilled wish waiting to be entered.

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Joshua means Jehovah saves, and he is the power in you that carries out the promise, your own imagination bringing you into what you long for. Jericho is not a walled town but the most desirable state you could occupy, the fulfilled wish waiting to be entered. The spy sent secretly is imagination itself, which can travel into that state unseen by anyone around you and take up residence there before a single fact has changed.

Rahab, whose house the spy enters, is the spirit of the Father in you, your own awareness of being, your I AM. So the movement here is quiet and inward: your attention slips out of the life you are living, walks over into the state you want as though it were already so, and lodges there. Whatever state you can occupy in your mind becomes yours in fact. You dwell in the wish fulfilled, unobserved, and it hardens into reality.

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Live Joshua 2:1 today

  1. Find two private minutes today, bathroom, car, stairwell, and step into the life you want without telling anyone. Stay there until it stops feeling like pretending.
  2. Spend time with someone today without running your worry past them. Carry the settled version of yourself into the room and let them meet that.
  3. In the stressful stretch of the day, stop explaining your situation in your head and quietly take up residence in the outcome you want. Then go back to the work.

Where could I live inwardly today without needing anyone to know or agree?

The same truth in other traditions

Taoism · Tao Te Ching

The real work is done unseen and claims no credit. Quiet is not weakness, it is where the power stays intact.

Sufism · Rumi

The heart travels while the body sits still. It arrives first and the feet catch up later.

Zen

Take your seat in what you are seeking rather than circling it. Enter, sit, stay. The staying is the practice.

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