Ruth 2 -- What To Do With Hopelessness

I loved seeing verse 3:  “So Ruth went to the fields and gathered the grain … It just so happened that the field belonged to Boaz …”

 

The unbelieving world would say her choice was an incredible stroke of luck.  But Christians should immediately see that any time we read in the Bible, “It just so happened…” we know that luck had nothing to do with it.  God is stepping full-force into the picture!

 

My commentary said, “When we commit our lives to the Lord, what happens to us happens by way of appointment and not by accident.  Ruth was still a poor widow and an alien, but God was about to create a new relationship that would completely alter her circumstances.”

 

It also said, “Many people are miserable because they don’t obey the admonition of Hebrews 12:2:  “fixing our eyes on Jesus.”  They spend so much time looking at themselves, their circumstances, and other people that they fail to do what Ruth did, namely, center their attention on their Master … We must live by faith, and we must depend on God’s grace.  But there is a third condition we must meet.  We must live in HOPE … When you consider who he is, what He has done for us, and what He says to us in His Word, there is no reason for us to feel hopeless.”

 

Father, thanks for the reminder, just when I needed it.  Your timing is always perfect.  Thank You for Your love and watchcare over my family.  Keep working in us and help me to fix my eyes on You.

 

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford