| And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. | ||
| Ruth 1:16-17 | ||
| “Even if God’s hand is against you, Naomi,” Ruth said, “the worst God gives is better than the best the world offers.” What a sentiment expressed by Ruth! This intrigues me because it means that Ruth saw in a broken, embittered Naomi a spiritual reality that superseded anything she had seen in Moab. I say this to encourage you who perhaps have been in Moab recently. You may be like Naomi - coming back to nothing, and coming back with nothing. But, like Ruth, there will be those who will see your brokenness and repentance and follow you right into the Kingdom. Why? Because “good people” usually do not draw sinners. Naomi realized she herself needed to get back to the Lord - and that is the person with whom the sinner feels most inclined to travel. If you have been in a place where you know you haven’t been what you should be, or doing what you should do, you still have the opportunity, like Naomi, to bring someone back with you. Pastor Jon Courson | ||
