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Ruth 1:1 KJV
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
It is fascinating to me that no sooner have we finished the book of the Judges, where every man does that which is right in his own eyes, than God gives us the answer for that sin in the book of Ruth. Of course I am reading ahead some because the answer isn't found until the end of this little book. But even then I am reading ahead (as does the writer of Ruth) to King David and far beyond him to King Jesus.
This narrative takes us back in the time of the judges. God isolates one of those crazy events of the time into its own record. It begins with a family moving away from God and experiencing tragedy and heartache because of it. The boys marry outside of their faith. Then the three men all die leaving their wives to fend for themselves and leaving Naomi crushed emotionally and spiritually.
The devastation of backsliding is hardest on those who are the survivors of it.
But even in the midst of the backsliding the devastation and the heartache God was at work. God took what man meant for selfish purposes and turned it for good in bringing Ruth to Boaz and using them as the parents of that line that would deliver to our world, the Saviour.
I look at the world in which I live and see a terrible mess.
• The lost numbers are swelling
• The false religions are growing
• The Christian faith has lost its way, being much more about the business of the church than the ministry of the Lord.
But there is nothing to fret. God is alive and even now, I am confident, at work.
• It may be in some family we would never imagine
• It might be in some far off country
• It could be in some young person we would never dream of
God is working. And, in an hour that we think not, Jesus Christ will come again.
I want to be walking in the will of the Lord when He visits His people.
Ruth 1:1 KJV
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
It is fascinating to me that no sooner have we finished the book of the Judges, where every man does that which is right in his own eyes, than God gives us the answer for that sin in the book of Ruth. Of course I am reading ahead some because the answer isn't found until the end of this little book. But even then I am reading ahead (as does the writer of Ruth) to King David and far beyond him to King Jesus.
This narrative takes us back in the time of the judges. God isolates one of those crazy events of the time into its own record. It begins with a family moving away from God and experiencing tragedy and heartache because of it. The boys marry outside of their faith. Then the three men all die leaving their wives to fend for themselves and leaving Naomi crushed emotionally and spiritually.
The devastation of backsliding is hardest on those who are the survivors of it.
But even in the midst of the backsliding the devastation and the heartache God was at work. God took what man meant for selfish purposes and turned it for good in bringing Ruth to Boaz and using them as the parents of that line that would deliver to our world, the Saviour.
I look at the world in which I live and see a terrible mess.
• The lost numbers are swelling
• The false religions are growing
• The Christian faith has lost its way, being much more about the business of the church than the ministry of the Lord.
But there is nothing to fret. God is alive and even now, I am confident, at work.
• It may be in some family we would never imagine
• It might be in some far off country
• It could be in some young person we would never dream of
God is working. And, in an hour that we think not, Jesus Christ will come again.
I want to be walking in the will of the Lord when He visits His people.
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