UNDER HIS WINGS

 

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

 

UNDER HIS WINGS

Ruth 2:12

12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

 

          Ruth’s odyssey now finds her picking up that which had been dropped by the harvesters in the field of Boaz, her near kinsman. None of this she had known when she went out to earn daily bread for herself and Naomi, her mother-in-law. It is a classic story of trust.

 

          I made the mistake of clicking on the news before launching today’s devotional and was instantly amazed at how our godless culture can politicize a swath of tornados. The slight-of-hand scientists would have us believe that cyclones were newly manufactured by carbon emissions from the family car. We are to forget that Job’s family was swept away by a cyclone and that Paul’s ship was broken up by a hurricane. Echoes of “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” ring in our ears as our little dog yaps at the heels of the Wizard. The naked truth wraps itself in the rags of propaganda and we, like lemmings, jump the cliff.

 

          Now back to Ruth – and truth. Boaz praises what Ruth has discounted. He reminds her of her courageous decision, her adventurous journey, and her steadfast devotion to her new family, nation, and God. She seeks no welfare to resolve her condition. She does what she can and trusts God to do what she can’t.

 

          The idea presented in the word “trust” is “to flee for refuge.” Boaz recognized it immediately even as he recognized that God had selected him to be a major player in this drama, but even he could not know what God had in store for both of them. Ultimately, he and Ruth would be the great-grandparents of King David. Jesus, Messiah, King-of-Kings would be born of their heirs.

 

Daniel S. Warner wrote:

 

I will trust Thee, O my Father,

For Thy love shall never fail;

In Thy arms I rest forever,

Safe within the second veil.

Thee I trust for every blessing,

All I need is in Thy will;

On Thy promise calmly resting,

Thou dost every want fulfill.

 

Lord, today let me abandon the news that isn’t and lay hold on the news that is. AMEN