Read: Ruth 2:7
It took a lot of courage for Ruth to go to the field of Boaz to glean, even though her mother-in-law had instructed her to do so. She knew that in that time there was always some left for the gleaners, the underprivileged, but she was a Moabite and a woman. What chance did she have? But Ruth had been courageous all along. She had left all that was familiar to her to accompany her mother-in-law back to her home. Though recently bereaved herself, she did what in her heart she knew was right. Little did she know that Boaz would know of her situation and show favor to her.
There is a lesson in this story for us during this Lenten season. Ruth set her eyes on Bethlehem because she knew it was the right thing to do. Jesus set his eyes on Jerusalem because he knew it was what he had to do. How often do we set our sights on what we know is right and then get sidetracked, forget the higher goal, fall by the wayside?
There’s a hymn that puts it this way -
Turn your eyes on Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face,
And things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace.
It took a lot of courage for Ruth to go to the field of Boaz to glean, even though her mother-in-law had instructed her to do so. She knew that in that time there was always some left for the gleaners, the underprivileged, but she was a Moabite and a woman. What chance did she have? But Ruth had been courageous all along. She had left all that was familiar to her to accompany her mother-in-law back to her home. Though recently bereaved herself, she did what in her heart she knew was right. Little did she know that Boaz would know of her situation and show favor to her.
There is a lesson in this story for us during this Lenten season. Ruth set her eyes on Bethlehem because she knew it was the right thing to do. Jesus set his eyes on Jerusalem because he knew it was what he had to do. How often do we set our sights on what we know is right and then get sidetracked, forget the higher goal, fall by the wayside?
There’s a hymn that puts it this way -
Turn your eyes on Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face,
And things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace.
