Unseen certainties!
Verse for Today: Thursday, November 22, 2012
Ruth 2:3 – As it turned out, (Ruth) found herself working in
a field belong to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
There are no accidents in the realm of God, but only
incidents. God rules and overrules such incidents to accomplish His purposes in
all that is related to His children. Ruth had no idea where she was going to
glean for leftover grain for survival. There were so many harvest fields, but
God led her steps to go to the fields of Boaz who was one of the richest
farmers of Bethlehem. Ruth set out from Moab committing to Naomi, her
mother-in-law, that Naomi’s God would be her God. This commitment was honored
by God by directing her steps to the fields of Boaz. Not only that, God had
already lined her up to be in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. She didn’t have to
do anything to be the great grandmother of Jesus Christ, but only to commit her
unknown future to God who had already prepared great things for her. All her
steps from Moab to the field of Boaz were part of her commitment to God and to
her mother-in-law. She had great faith in following this uncertain course in
her life with hope and faith in the God of Naomi. She was willing to leave
behind all the possible materialistic prosperity in her own land, and to give
it up for an unknown future by faith in God. She was willing to serve and to
work hard. She had no hesitation to be like a servant, gleaning in the harvest
fields of strangers. She was so poor as not to have a lunch pack or a bottle of
water with her as she went to work. But God had it all planned for her and she
ended up gaining far greater things than expected. The God of Ruth is with us
today and He directs our pathways with incidents which are ordained of Him with
provisions to meet our needs.
Dear reader, are you ready and willing to take risks of faith
and go out without knowing where? You probably may not have any bus fare or
lunch pack and water to take with you. Perhaps you don’t even qualify to be a
harvester and have no skills to claim for yourself. But if there are gleaning
opportunities lying out there in the agenda of God for you, will you commit
yourself to be what He wants you to be? Will you take God at His Word and go
forward, trusting Him alone when the situation is bleak and blurred? But you
can trust God fully because He has planned your future in His eternal wisdom
and grace. There are no surprises in His agenda, but perhaps it might sound
like a big surprise to your finite mind. God has your lunch, water, rest and
pathway to a splendid future, all determined and prepared for you. But it becomes
yours when you take Him at His Word and set out on His pathways. What you will experience
will not necessarily be what Ruth got, because God has a unique plan for each
of His children to meet individual needs in their different circumstances. He
will not send you back empty handed as a destitute, but will give you far more
than you expect or ask for. His field is full of grains to meet your every
need. His richness is far beyond one harvest field as He owns everything. He is
asking you today whether you are willing to go out trusting Him and committing yourself
and your future to Him. He will then uncover each of the great things He has
prepared for you, a bit at a time, as you keep on trusting Him day by day. Just
step out in faith not knowing where you are going and what you will end up
with. Your God will never disappoint you, nor will He forsake you.
Isaiah 42:16 – I will lead the blind by ways they have not
known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into
light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will
do; I will not forsake them.
Thought for Today
God rules and overrules
our pathways to lead us through His splendid plans for us as we trust Him and follow
after.
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