How we deal with the pain of this life and how we grieve, are the real questions. The Book of Ruth models the how for us, all the while not dwelling on the why.
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Naomi’s prayer flows out of her love, her love of this all-caring God and her love for her daughters-in-law. There is this “little phrase” that is easy to miss: may the Lord deal kindly with you. The actual Hebrew word is hesed.
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Do you remember all the hurts, and all the lies which flow from them, or do you remember God. We must edit out of our minds and hearts all the lies that Satan has planted through the hurts we have endured.
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Do you have a theology of life on this earth, and life after? When you have faced difficult times, have you been able to trust God amid your trouble and pain?
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The best answer to the question, “Tell me a little about yourself” is, “I am a child of the Living God!” I will ask you to hold onto this question about how Naomi perceives her identity…but for now, do you, as your primary identity, perceive yourself as “a child of the Living God”?
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God is interested in you and involved in your life—and he does this in the middle of our muddles and murky moments that cause us to question his existence.
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The lure today is not worshipping the idols of old—no, we have new ones. We have governments, companies and policies that stand-at best in a vacuum, and at worst- against God’s design. We believe so strongly in them, that not only do we subordinate God and God’s Law to them, we don’t even bring any of this before God.
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We won’t read the characters in Ruth asking this question. Be assured they will talk with God, and we will sense their pain, but even in a context in which their faith is challenged, our Author urges upon his readers – upon us – a certainty, and delight, in the security of God’s providence.
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What did you think about our study of the Book of Acts? Let me know!
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This spiritual discipline of listening to God is evaporating in our world. Today we are surrounded by not just noise, but constant messages flooding our senses, and much of it tugs at our curiosity.
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Think back over this journey and ask God to draw your heart and mind to what He wants you to take away from His Word. Consider the question, “What have I learned about following Jesus for my own walk—am I different, and is God speaking to me to do one thing that I have not been doing?
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Following Jesus is not about everything working out the way we want it to in this life. Following Jesus is about being faithful, and trusting that even though the outcome is not what we want, because we trust God, we believe it is the best—even when it is hard.
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I can envision him looking ahead at what he will face, especially as he stands before Caesar. This time of reflection allows him, reminds him, of all God has done to bring him this far. That God will not forsake him—in all he takes courage.
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Do you ever have this crazy idea that you will pray for what you want, and then get it? I am not saying this does not happen. It happens all the time. But I am wondering if this is too much the focus of my relationship with God.
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Will we allow God to control our lives? Will we trust His providence? Or will we seek to live for self, and wrestle to control our world?
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At the end of the day, after all the talking and reading and staring at the ceiling—what we each do with Jesus is the single most important thing we can ever do in our lives PERIOD.
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Let me be blunt. People, when presented with the assertion from Jesus’ followers that He is God come to earth. That he died on the Cross. That he rose from the dead. That he did this all so each individual may have eternal life. People, when presented with this life or death choice—they punt, they defer, they deflect. If they can get Jesus out of their in-basket, then they think they have dealt with Him.
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I am not trying to be morose, simply biblical. None of us is perfect. None of us has reached “completion”. Yes, if we have received Jesus we are saved and will be with him in eternity. But our life’s journey of being more like Jesus is one where we have the courage to look at self and ask that disturbing question—where in my life do I need to repent—facing into that truth, will bring peace.
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Will you, will I, abandon our chasing after power and self-sufficiency? Will you, will I, swallow our pride and fall down before Jesus and say, “My Lord and my God!”?
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