HUMBLE AND INDUSTRIOUS

PROCLAMATION

“And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, ‘Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.  And she said unto her, ‘Go, my daughter.’  And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers …”  Ruth 2:2-3 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

The Bible Book of Ruth was written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the Prophet Samuel.  After leaving Moab, Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem just as the harvest was beginning. (Ruth 1:22)  As two women alone, they had no means of support.  They were so poor that Naomi told those who knew her to call her Mara because The Lord God had made her life very bitter. (Ruth 1:20-21)  But Ruth did not just sit by, she humbled herself and went into the fields, and followed the harvesters, and gathered the grain which they dropped or missed. (Ruth 2:2-3)  She worked in the fields from morning until evening, then she threshed the grains she had gathered, and returned to Naomi and shared it with her. (Ruth 2:17-18)  She told Naomi about her meeting with Boaz, the owner of the field, and the kindness that he showed to her. (Ruth 2:19-22)  Ruth continued to glean the fields until the harvests were finished. (Ruth 2:23)

 

APPLICATION

Bad things can happen to good people, but that does not have to get them down.  Naomi seemed to be a little bit depressed by her situation but Ruth remained positive. Ruth humbled herself and got busy doing something that she would not normally do.  We should do likewise.  Whatever the current situation we are in, which is beyond our control, we can choose how we respond to it.  We may have to do some things that we would not ordinarily do, but we do not have sit by idly and complain.  All things happen for a reason, they may be a blessing or a test.  Whatever it is that occurs, all things work together for the good of them that love The Lord. (Romans 8:28)