Do
you think you are a failure? That nothing will work for you, and that life is a
matter of lack that only few folks will have in life?
The
Bible tells us the story of a woman who certainly would not expect anything
from her life, and her name was Ruth.
According
to the Bible, Ruth was a poor Moabite widow, who have decided to follow her
mother-in-law in order to live in Bethlehem, a Jewish town where the Moabites
were outcasts.
On
that time, to be poor, widow and childless were a serious problem. Life wasn't
any promising for Ruth. She was a poor foreigner trying a better life in
another country; a country where she would be down looked and rejected.
Perhaps
you are at your own country right now, but life doesn't look promising for you.
Do you say, "I am poor"," I am not good looking", "I
don't have cloths"," I have many children", "I don't have a
good education"?
But Ruth replied, "Don't
urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and
where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
Ruth 1:16 (NIV)
Ruth
did not turn into self-pity and murmur about her miserable condition. As a Moabitess she didn't know God, but she decided that the God of Israel would be her God.
Ruth wasn't looking at her visible situation; she was not concerned with the
day of tomorrow or where she would stay. She decided to follow her
mother-in-law and follow her God.
So Ruth, the Moabitess said to
Naomi, "Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him
in whose sight I may find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my
daughter." Ruth 2:2 (NKJV)
In
the natural, Ruth had everything against her. Despite of that, she was not
down, thinking on how to end her own life. She was a poor foreigner, but she
was decided to work even if it was to catch leftover of grains.
Besides, she
had the faith that she would find favor. She believed that God would favor her
and she confessed, "I will find favor in the field that I glean
from." She was just a new believer and she already believed that God would
favor her. And HE did!
She
trusted God, she did not look to her situation, she decided to work and God
blessed her so much because of that. She not only became the wife of
Bethlehem's richest man when Boaz married her, she also became the
great-grandmother of David and had her name included in the genealogy of our
Lord Jesus Christ and she was not even a Jewess!
So Boaz took Ruth and she
became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and
she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who
has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous
in Israel! Ruth 4:13-14(NKJV)
The
God of Israel blessed a poor foreigner, and He wants to bless you as well; believe
that you are favored by HIM, do not look at your circumstances, do not look for
what you do not have; but look instead for what Jesus have.
Please
read the full story of Ruth and you will see that her blessings did not meet
her inside of her room, while she was crying and depressed! She was a strong
woman and she met her blessings while she was working catching the leftover of
grains. Staying inside of your house crying for what you do not have will not
solve your situation. Faith and action will!
Trust
in the favor of God and you will see miracles where your natural beliefs will
never bring!
Be blessed today
