Scripture to Read: Ruth 1
This week we have the privilege of allowing God to speak to us through the life of Ruth. Ruth had grown up in Moab, so she was known as Moabite. In Genesis 19:30-38, we find that Moab was a son of Lot. Lot was a nephew of Abraham. The Moabites worshiped a false god known as Chemosh, whereas the Israelites worshipped Yahweh, the One True God. So, Ruth would have grown up being taught to worship a false god. Ruth’s husband was an Israelite who had come to Moab with his mom, dad, and brother during a famine in the land (Ruth 1:1-4). Ruth’s father-in-law died first. Ruth was married to her husband ten years when her husband died, as did her brother-in-law. Naomi, Ruth’s mother-in-law, was going back to Judah, for she had heard that the Lord had healed their land. Naomi encouraged both of her daughters-in-law to stay in Moab with their own families. Orpah did stay, but Ruth said she was going with Naomi. Ruth had been redeemed spiritually, for she told Naomi in Ruth 1:16, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.” A person surrendered completely to Christ is always willing to go wherever Christ leads. As Christians, we realize our true home is with Christ and that this earth is merely a temporary home for us.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you about being totally surrendered to Him?
2. How are you surrendering all areas of your life to Christ on a daily basis?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!