Quote for the Day
“I will do whatever you say…”
Today's Prayer
This week pray for those on the road that God will open their eyes to His care and to the care others have given them. Pray for those at home and missing their loved ones that God will give them both encouragement and a sense of caring for others.
Ruth 3:1-6
Ruth 3:1-6 (NIV)1 One day Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not try to find a home for you, where you will be well provided for? 2 Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been, a kinsman of ours? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Wash and perfume yourself, and put on your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.” 5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
Message
Mark your calendars! Here we have it! A family that actually works together! And the in-laws no less. Naomi knows she should be helping her daughter-in-law find a husband. The journey from a foreign country, the responsibility of a redeemer among her family: all these add up to a time for action. She takes the lead and tells Ruth what to do. Ruth listens and then obeys. Verse 6, “…she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.” Simple caring produced simple obedience. Ruth and Naomi had developed a loving and caring relationship that led to proper responses in difficult decisions.This is a great example for us. We tend to complicate the easy situations. Instead of simple obedience, we try to figure a way out. Instead of caring, we try to avoid responsibility. The society and world we live in today tells us to do what is best for us. Naomi and Ruth cared for the other, and God’s will was found. This week try to un-complicate relationships. Focus on caring and obedience, that is, caring for others and obedience of others! You might find you have no time left for feeling sorry for yourself.
