Daily Devotion for September 6, 2006

Come to Trust

 

Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband - how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.  May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."  Ruth 2:11-12

 

When Naomi’s family went to another land during a famine in their own country, they took their faith and traditions with them. Their daily lives demonstrated their faith. So much so that when their sons married women of Moab, at least one of them also came to know the Lord God of Israel. Ruth’s faith became real and translated into her thoughts and actions toward her mother-in-law Naomi and the Lord. Those same actions are what caused Boaz to ask about her when she was working in his fields.

 

 The God who adopted her into his family and provided for her is the same God we love, worship and serve today. He provided then for Ruth and Naomi as he does for each of us now. We never know who is watching us. We never know who is listening to us. We never know who is asking others about us. And yet, our thoughts, words and actions all count for or against the Lord. We need to live and love and speak and act in such a way that others may come to trust him as well.

 

 Who has come to trust the Lord Jesus as savior from seeing and hearing about your life?

 

Prayer
Father, we thank you for using Ruth to show us how our actions affect others. Thank you for allowing her to be part of the lineage of Jesus Christ. Thank you for allowing both Jews and Gentiles to be a part of your family both before and after Jesus. What a gracious and providing God you truly are. You take our failures and our victories and, with your grace, use them to show others how to trust you. Please use me.  Amen

 

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