TOPIC: LESSON FROM NAOMI AND RUTH. Ruth’s Determination (3)
MEMORY VERSE:
Psalms 32:8.
“8. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.”
BIBLE READING:
Ruth 1:14-18.
“14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.”
“15. And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
“16. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:”
“17. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.”
“18. When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.”
My prayer this Morning is that, may we all recognize what and who God has assigned for the manifestation of our destiny in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.
What price can you pay for what you value? How far can you go to keep and protect what and whom God has used in blessing and lifting you? How do you value the source of God’s grace over your life? It’s a pity that many Christians don’t even identify the vessels God uses for their breakthroughs. If you identify them, do you reward them? How do you pay them back? Ruth recognized the source of God in her life and was ready to go the extra mile to keep her.
Three reasons for Ruth’s determination:
– Ruth, a determined woman, knew the changes she experienced while living with Naomi and she’s not ready to loose it at all.
– Secondly, she knew Naomi has no more hope and needed someone to encouraged her in life. She needed a shoulder to lean on as an old woman without a husband and children, so she determined to make herself the only shoulder left.
– Thirdly, she has tested Naomi’s God, knows the God and she’s not ready to go back to the god of moabites, and the only means of escape from that god was to go with Naomi.
How far do you go to keep those things that changes the stories of your life? Are you not a “Use And Dump” person? When you enjoyed other’s blessings and grace then you jumped to someone’s else. That’s not who Ruth was, she was ready to contribute her quota to the life of Naomi and she said,
“16. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:”
Be determined to reward others for their kindness, influence and help in your life and their God will have a record about you.
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