We Must Live by the Grace of God PT-3 (Ruth 2:10-13)

3/22/2010 7:08 PM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                    Focus:  We must live by the grace of God Part 3

 

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Ruth 2:10-13

 

            Message of the verses:  “10  Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" 11  Boaz replied to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. 12  "May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge." 13  Then she said, "I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.’”

            This is part four of Warren Wiersbe’s sub-point that is shown in the focus of this SD.  He entitles part four “Boas encourages Ruth.”

            Ruth decided to come to Israel with her mother-in-law and to serve her God, the God of Israel and she was overwhelmed by the kindness that she found in Boaz, however she humbly accepted the promises that Boaz gave to her.  This pictures how the Lord takes care of His people, and one of the things that needs to be done in the lives of believers is that they are to do as the author of Hebrews writes in Hebrews 12:2 “fixing our eyes on Jesus.”  This is what Ruth did as she believed that Boaz would take care of her and therefore she did not have to worry but trust that he would do as he said he would do.

            The last point in Warren Wiersbe’s sub-points is called “Boaz saw to it that she was satisfied” and this covers Ruth 2:14 and 18.  “14  At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar." So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left.  18  She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied.”

            The good things that happened to Ruth happened because she learned to trust the Lord, the God of Israel and she proved her faith in him by taking care of Naomi, her mother-in-law, and this new was given to Boaz, for this was a small town and the news traveled fast. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  There are far to many times that I want to trust in things other in the Lord, and as one of the texts quoted here in this SD I must keep my eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ and not on the world for the world will disappear sometime soon but the Lord is eternal and I began my eternal life with Him on the 26^th of January in 1974.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1.    Trust that the Lord will give me the grace that I need to serve Him each and everyday of my life.

 

3/22/2010 7:31 PM