"I will go wherever you go and live wherever you live, your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. I will die wherever you die and be buried there." (Ruth 1:16-17)
Wow, what a commitment! I will go wherever you go...
I love to allow the Holy Spirit to lead me and speak to me through Scripture, teaching me love-life lessons to apply to my life and the lives of others. Ruth is a fascinating story, full of love-life truths, but let me pull out just one (I encourage you to spend some time in Ruth if you haven't been there lately):
God will lead us to the right harvest fields so that we can be a blessing to others and He can bless and provide for us.
Ruth could have gone out to any number of harvest fields, but God directed Naomi to send Ruth to Boaz's harvest fields. God knew where Ruth would be protected and cared for, as well as providing for her and Naomi, and God used Naomi to point Ruth in the right direction.
God's blessings through us and to us, and His provision along the way, is amazing as we follow His lead! As we seek refuge under His wings He brings the right people into our lives so that in His grace there might be mutual blessing; us to them and them to us. God's blessings are rarely, if ever, one-sided. He blesses through us so that He may bless us through others. It's Kingdom love-life!
Thank you Jesus! Lead us today to the right harvest fields to glean from that the Owner of the field may provide for our needs so that we can bless and provide for the needs of others. Jesus, use others to point us in the right direction. . . to the right harvest fields.
May we be faithful today, trusting and loving God enough to guide us to the right fields so that we may be blessed as well as be a blessing.
Live today in the love-life of Jesus and His Kingdom,
Shawn
