June 15, 2010
The wedding.
Naomi's life looked disastrous. She lost both her husband and her sons. She had no one left to take care of her. Ruth (her daughter-in-law) steps in. She travels with Naomi when she returns to her land. She works in the fields, and she marries Boaz. Ruth (through her marriage with Boaz) gives Naomi a grandson who just so happens to be the grandfather of David, who just so happens to be the ancestor of Christ—the Savior of us all. What looked like disaster was God's plan.
God's plan WILL prevail.
What has happened to us ("the storm") looked disastrous. But! There is a plan, GOD has the plan, and His plan WILL prevail. We are still waiting ... but the wedding will come.
One of the things that stood out to me in this chapter was the attitude of Naomi's close relative. Boaz goes to him, tells him about Naomi's land that is for sale and offers him first dibs. The close relative jumps at the chance and says, "I will buy back the land." Then Boaz tells him that with the land goes Naomi and Ruth and that the land will eventually go to the sons of Ruth. The close relative suddenly changes his mind and says, "I can't buy back the land." Greed. If it was something he could buy to raise his bottom line he was all for it. Jackpot! Look what this is going to do for me! But when he finds out the land would remain and be passed down to Ruth's family and that it wasn't going to be his, the answer was no. The interesting thing is that he didn't say that he couldn't take on the responsibility. He said he couldn't do it because, "I might harm what I can pass on to my own sons." Again—greed. How does buying Naomi's land and making a profit off of it for years, then years later IF there were children turning the land over to Ruth's heirs, "harm" what he could give his own children? The close relative had no interest in doing the right thing. His only interest was himself, what he owned, and what he could gain.
Greed.
Next Entry: I Samuel 1:1 – 2:11
The wedding.
Naomi's life looked disastrous. She lost both her husband and her sons. She had no one left to take care of her. Ruth (her daughter-in-law) steps in. She travels with Naomi when she returns to her land. She works in the fields, and she marries Boaz. Ruth (through her marriage with Boaz) gives Naomi a grandson who just so happens to be the grandfather of David, who just so happens to be the ancestor of Christ—the Savior of us all. What looked like disaster was God's plan.
God's plan WILL prevail.
What has happened to us ("the storm") looked disastrous. But! There is a plan, GOD has the plan, and His plan WILL prevail. We are still waiting ... but the wedding will come.
One of the things that stood out to me in this chapter was the attitude of Naomi's close relative. Boaz goes to him, tells him about Naomi's land that is for sale and offers him first dibs. The close relative jumps at the chance and says, "I will buy back the land." Then Boaz tells him that with the land goes Naomi and Ruth and that the land will eventually go to the sons of Ruth. The close relative suddenly changes his mind and says, "I can't buy back the land." Greed. If it was something he could buy to raise his bottom line he was all for it. Jackpot! Look what this is going to do for me! But when he finds out the land would remain and be passed down to Ruth's family and that it wasn't going to be his, the answer was no. The interesting thing is that he didn't say that he couldn't take on the responsibility. He said he couldn't do it because, "I might harm what I can pass on to my own sons." Again—greed. How does buying Naomi's land and making a profit off of it for years, then years later IF there were children turning the land over to Ruth's heirs, "harm" what he could give his own children? The close relative had no interest in doing the right thing. His only interest was himself, what he owned, and what he could gain.
Greed.
Next Entry: I Samuel 1:1 – 2:11
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