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These next two weeks we are going to be looking at the book of Ruth… ALOT.
My hope is that these short devotional times are not wearisome to you but that they might edify you and help you to see the narrative, or story of the book of Ruth in a new and a fresh light.
Here’s how these morning are going to look:
There are three things I want us to do each morning,
Read parts of the book of Ruth
1)
Clearly and Entusiatically
Look at the big picture of the Book of Ruth
2) Look at the big picture of the Book of Ruth
Because time is short, we won’t go verse by verse, but will look at the story of each section.
3) Think about how this applies for our lives.
Think about how this applies for our lives.
What did the Characters learn, what are we learning?
Pray
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BITTER NAOMI
Quick Prayer:
Read
Have you ever been bitter?
What are some things that makes us bitter?
Bad grades
Not being as good as others when it comes to grades/singing/acting.
Not having the role you wanted
Maybe you are having relationship issues, maybe you lost one or never had one.
Maybe you’ve lost something very dear to you.
It could be a person, but it could also be a thing too.
Something stolen or broken
Maybe someone you loved very much died.
We’ve all probably been bitter at one point or the other.
This past semester, you guys may not have noticed it but I have been very bitter.
I won’t tell you every reason but one of the major ones came from my internship this past summer.
I learned at my internship that I don’t think I am called to be a pastor.
Why did God take me through three years of college and only then reveal that to me?
It seems like a waste.
Other things were eating at me, discontentment with what I have, and burn out, you don’t want to know the amount of times I yelled at God.
I felt drained spiritually, and hardly read my Bible anymore.
It can happen to me, and it can happen to you.
These were just small things, but Naomi’s were much bigger.
I learned something important by studying the book of Ruth, and I hope you learn it too.
Today, we are not going to address how to deal with that bitterness.
We will, but today we will only paint a picture of what influenced Naomi’s bitterness.
Today, we are not going to address how to deal with that bitterness.
We will,
Naomi was bitter because she was loosing everything.
Q: What are some of the things that Naomi lost?
A:
Loss of Land (leaving her home)
The house of bread (Bethlehem) had no bread.
Loss of Elimelech (Husband)
Loss of Sons (Mahlon and Chilion)
Naomi lost a lot, and one of the most Ironic parts of what she loss was Elimelech.
What doesn’t Elimelech’s name mean?
It means God is King.
Naomi might have been tempted to wonder ‘Is God even king?’
‘Is God a good King?’ ‘Is he in control?’
That’s really the Question at the heart of the Book of Ruth.
Is God in control and does he care about his people?
Or perhaps, more likely… from what we hear her say later, maybe she ask
And I believe the answer is yes.
And we can see God’s care for Naomi in Orpha, but also especially Ruth.
So I ask you the Question.
What makes you bitter?
What makes you angry at God?
I want you to take 10 seconds of silence and think about what things make you bitter and angry,
After you are done, I am going to pray for all of us.
PRAY: FATHER HELP OUR BITTER HEARTS.
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RUTH: AN EXAMPLE OF FAITHFULNESS.
PRAYER
Before we read, lets try to remember where we left off.
Naomi lost both of her sons and her husband, and was left very bitter.
We asked the Question, ‘IS GOD KING?
AND IS GOD IN CONTROL?’
But we also learned that Naomi gained to new people.
Daughter in Laws.
Ruth & Orhpa.
But now, Naomi tries to send both of them away.
Someone read
So we hear good news!
There is food in the promised land again.
So Naomi is going to return.
But realize that she is also bringing Ruth and Orhpa with her.
Then suddenly, they stop, and Naomi’s like ‘Go, return to your mother’s house...”
It’s easy to give a bad rap to Naomi here but what Naomi is doing is not selfish.
She is looking out for Ruth and Orpha.
In a sense you could say this is sacrifical love, if only a flawed one.
I think that’s true, but Naomi really was in a defeated mentality here, at the least she was trying to do what was best for the two ladies.
Naomi seeks what’s best of Ruth and Oprha.
Or at least, what she thinks is best.
Naomi wants them to remarry and find rest.
Lets be honest, it would have been a lot easier for both Ruth and Orhpa to find a man in Moab than in Isreal.
The odds of finding a man in Israel who would want to marry a Moabite was very low.
The Moabites had a bad rap all the way back to Lot and to Balaam as well.
Also remember the time period Ruth and Orpha were living in.
Men were essentially the only providers of income.
Finding marriage in Moab would have ensured their safty.
So Naomi is looking out for them, she wants them to marry and find safty.
Both of them say No.
Naomi begs them once more.
Read this with me.
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11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me?
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