How many people have this kind of relationship with anyone? Let alone with God Himself. I’d say on a scale of 1 to 1 trillion, you’d find a few. Ruth’s loyalty to her mother-in-law was immeasurable. When Ruth tells Naomi that her God will be my God, we truly get a sense of Ruth’s desperate longing to belong. Because of Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi, and her willingness to take care of her, God rewarded her. She became the great grandmother of King David. And eventually the great, great..... grand mother of Jesus. All of this because she followed Naomi.
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” 18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.
Ruth 1:16-18
17 The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.
Ruth 4:17
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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