Monday,
June 15, 2026
THE REWARDS OF FAITH!
Ruth 2:10-12
10
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him,
Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me,
seeing I am a stranger?
11 And
Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou
hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou
hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
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
past was tragic! She, being a Moabitess, married a
Jewish man who died leaving her in widowhood. The same circumstance gripped her
sister-in-law and her mother-in-law. Both decided to return home, which forced
Ruth to make a life changing decision. Should she return to her former life in
Moab or follow her mother-in-law to Israel? Her choice made all the
difference.
Many
of us have tragedy and pain in our past. Often the events of life
present us with life-changing choices. It is at these times we must avoid the
temptation to sink into self-pity. Like Ruth, we must choose the path of trust
and place ourselves under the wings of God. The choice seems easy when we read
the story because we already know the outcome, but it is not so easy when the
outcome is uncertain.
The
long journey to Bethlehem with Naomi was filled with danger and
uncertainty but Bethlehem was filled with wonderful “coincidences” that made
Ruth the great-grandmother of the King!
As the hymn writer put it:
Well
of water ever springing,
Bread
of life so rich and free,
Untold
wealth that never faileth,
My
Redeemer is to me.
Hallelujah!
I have found Him
Whom
my soul so long has craved!
Jesus
satisfies my longings,
Through
His blood I now am saved.
(Clara
T. Williams)
Dear
Lord, who catches our tears in your bottle, recompense us who have fled for
refuge under your wings. AMEN
