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Introduction: Luck Be A Lady Tonight.
In hopeless times do we need luck to lend a hand?
Ruth 2:3 (LEB)
3 So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers.
And she happened by chance upon the tract of field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
This is not an illustration of a fortunate coincidence but divine providence.
We must not operate our lives based upon fait but faith.
We don’t believe in good luck.
We believe in a Good God.
God cares!
To express this notion Boaz introduces one of the most beautiful pictures of divine care in all of Scripture.
He imagines Yahweh as a mother bird who offers her wings (kānāp) for the protection of her defenseless young
God cares about feeding the hungry.
We should also!
God cares about clothing the necked.
We should also!
God cares about protecting the vulnerable.
Kindness - is from the Hebrew Word Chesed - That is God’s covenant keeping love.
That is the love which is absolutely dependable and trustworthy.
God is faithful.
In her best Hebrew Naomi clears her thought and sings - Great is thy faithfulness.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
We should also!
God is at work in ways you can’t see or imagine.
You can count on God when life has you down for the count.
God commanded his people to care for the poor and needy and vulnerable.
How do we get Messiah out of the mess of the Judges.
to redeem, act as next of kin.
Refers to carrying out the responsibility of the next of kin to protect the interests of the clan.
With reference to a family context, the concept of redemption relates to the importance of keeping property within the clan or recovering property that has been sold (Num 5:8; Lev 25:23–31; Jer 32:7–8; Ruth 4:1–6).
The next of kin was responsible to redeem property that had been sold and could also take a relative’s widow into his household (Ruth 2:20; 3:9, 12).
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