The Unexpected Lives Of Ruth
By Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
The Book of Ruth starts out one way and ends up much differently. Naomi – expected to stay in Israel her whole life, see her sons marry Israelites, and give her grandchildren. Ruth – probably expected to remain in Moab, marry a Moabite, and live and die that way. Boaz – undoubtedly expected to marry an Israelite, but then he got older and probably thought he wouldn’t marry at all. Then Naomi moves to Moab, her sons marry Moabites, and her husband and sons die. Ruth marries a foreigner who dies. Then Ruth returns with Naomi to Israel where Boaz is now an older man, expecting never to marry. But the old bachelor marries, Ruth becomes an Israelite, and the bereaving Naomi is comforted and rejoices. Nobody’s life went as planned. So, too, if you follow God, your life may not go according to your plans. But God’s plans are better. He never promises a perfect picket fence life. He promises a redeemed life. It will turn out better than your plans for a “perfect life.” Go God’s way for His way is better, and His life is better than what you planned.
Today’s Mission: Today, choose to walk in God’s plan for you life and not your own.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my (God’s) ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:9
God bless,
Mark