“Your people will be my people and your God my God.” This is a very familiar quote to many of us. I want to focus today on the very next phrase, as it shows clearly why Ruth was able to say what she said and have the attitude she had. “May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely…” Ruth was fully aware of what God intended for her to do. This is especially important to understand as we look at her situation from the standpoint of her culture and the world around her. She had an obligation to obey her mother-in-law in that culture. She had a “right” to obey and find a husband among her own people. Instead, Ruth was able to fully understand the difference between submission to an earthly authority and the direction God had given her. Ruth had already made God her God. Ruth was focused on what her (and Naomi’s!) God wanted her to do, and she knew that God was still in charge even if she did not do as He expected. Of course, we see that Ruth obeyed God’s voice.Whose voice are you listening to this week: God’s or the world’s? It can be easy to get them mixed up if you do not know God’s voice. Ruth knew God’s voice because she had made God her God