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In Ruth 2, there’s a beautiful picture of harvest.
Look back to Ruth 1:1 – “There was a famine in the land.”
"There was a famine in the land" (Ruth 1:1).
The situation seemed hopeless.
We wonder, "Where will hope come from?"
In Amos 8:11, we read about a different kind of famine: "not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD."
How do we find hope when there is a famine of hearing the words of the Lord"?
We must learn to pray to the Lord: "Speak; your servant is listening" (1 Samuel 3:10).
In the Christian life, it’s not always harvest.
Sometimes, it’s famine.
Sometimes, we feel like we’re on the mountain-top.
At other times, we’re in the wilderness.
Whatever your circumstances, remember this – God knows what’s best for you.
In the happy times and the testing times, be sure of this – God is not far from you, He’s with you, He loves you and He wants to bless you.
When it seems like nothing’s going right for you, take time to think about what the Lord has done for you and give thanks to Him.
When things are going well, don’t take God’s blessing for granted.
He can withdraw His blessing from us if we don’t give thanks to Him – that’s the warning Jesus gives us in the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:13-21).
When things are going badly, don’t let your head go down.
Don’t start thinking that God’s blessing will never return to you again.
This is the message which comes to us from the book of Ruth.
At first, there was famine.
Later on, there was harvest.
Let’s pray that God will renew our walk with Him.
Let’s pray that He will revive our work for Him.
In the happy times and the testing times, let’s count our blessings.
Sometimes, we think that we can decide when we’re going to rejoice and when we’re going to complain.
God says, “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Philippians 4:4).
This is joy in the Lord.
It doesn’t depend on us.
It comes from the Lord.
Good things may happen to us.
Bad things may happen to us.
In the good times and the bad times, let us “rejoice in the Lord.”
In the Lord’s Prayer, we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.”
What we’re saying is this.
We depend on the Lord.
Every good gift comes from Him.
Without His blessing, our life is empty.
Our life may seem to be full of good things.
If Christ isn’t living in us, our life is empty.
Don’t be like the rich fool.
He lost everything that mattered to him.
Life is more than things.
We can’t take them with us.
Real life is Jesus living in us.
It’s the beginning of eternal life.
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