“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 9: 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

If we, the bride, the church keep God as our refuge in every situation then he will not forsake us.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that only if we, the bride, the church do the work of God we can partake in his inheritance.

Next what we are meditating is that Ruth 3: 7 – 9 And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned himself; and there, a woman was lying at his feet. 

And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative.”

In the above-mentioned verses, just like how Naomi looked at her soul and said, Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned himself; and there, a woman was lying at his feet. And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative.” 

The facts regarding this when we meditate in the Spirit is that Boaz lying down at the end of the heap of grain means that the barn of wheat and he ate, drunk and his heart was cheerful and the explanation of this is that he is showing as a pattern the kingdom of the Father and then if even in the midnight we wait in his presence and till the dawn we sit at his feet for him to shower his grace upon us and we must sit there and receive it and this is the fact regarding this. In this manner if we sit at his feet he will be our kinsman and there is no change in that. In that case, we can receive his grace boldly. If we are in this manner we will be as those blessed by God.  This is because the verse regarding this is Ruth 3: 10 – 12 Then he said, “Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich. 

And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman. 

Now it is true that I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.

The reason why Boaz said the above-mentioned words to Ruth is that in her life even though she lost her husband and though she met with failures she did not go behind the world to receive other infatuations but she came to the field and because she gathered the sheaves more than her previous good character, her latter good character was just and God is showing this as a pattern to the church of God. Also, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.

My dear people, according to what is mentioned above whatever situation may arise if we put our hope only on God, then God will test and know our just character and he is the God who will bless us also in this manner. Let us submit ourselves in this manner.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued