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LOTR - Gandalf telling Frodo he is not trying to steal from him but trying to help him.
Today we will be confronted by an important question from our text and that question is,
Do you truly believe that God is for you, even when it seems like He is against you?
Fast forward through long trip
Arrive in Bethlehem
stirred - excited, murmured, etc
Is this Naomi?
Life had been hard.
Naomi - pleasant one - to Mara - bitter one
Almighty (Shaddai) - dealt bitterly with me
Systematic Theology (3.
Shaddai and ’El-Shaddai)
The name Shaddai is derived from shadad, to be powerful, and points to God as possessing all power in heaven and on earth.
Others, however, derive it from shad, lord.
It differs in an important point from ’Elohim, the God of creation and nature, in that it contemplates God as subjecting all the powers of nature and making them subservient to the work of divine grace.
While it stresses the greatness of God, it does not represent Him as an object of fear and terror, but as a source of blessing and comfort.
Lord (YHWH) - brought me back empty
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Yahweh and Yahweh Tsebhaoth)
The meaning is explained in Ex. 3:14, which is rendered “I am that I am,” or “I shall be what I shall be.”
Thus interpreted, the name points to the unchangeableness of God.
Yet it is not so much the unchangeableness of His essential Being that is in view, as the unchangeableness of His relation to His people.
Lord - testified against me
Almighty - brought calamity against me
But…they came at the beginning of the barely harvest.
Why this insert?
just a place setting or is it foreshadowing something bigger.
Is Naomi’s theology correct?
Did God do all of this?
In one sense, yes.
What does God not cause?
God is not the cause of sin, but he allows sin to take place and uses that sin to accomplish his purposes.
We see this all through scripture as God allows evil people and nations to act according to their own desires as His instruments of judgement.
So when Naomi is saying God has caused her suffering we can say she is right as long as we can see that at no point is God an agent of sin in any way.
So why is it important to know this today?
Why couldn’t we just say, poor Naomi, look how downcast she is!
It is because at many points in life, we are Naomi.
We look at our life and think, “this isn’t what I planned or desired.
It feels like God has abandoned me, failed me, or at worst is against me.
When we feel this way we must answer our question,
Do you truly believe that God is for you, even when it seems like He is against you?
and our answer must be, Yes.
3 reasons why our answer is yes and all of them are found in verse 22.
1. God is at work when you do not see it.
Famine had ended and they had a reason to return.
2. God has not forgotten you or your family.
God brought a young woman home so the line would not end.
3. God brings life from seeming death.
Beginning of the barley harvest.
GOSPEL
We can absolutely say yes to our question,
Do you truly believe that God is for you, even when it seems like He is against you?
We need to hold on to the truths of Scripture,
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