The Lord’s Love Reaches Out
Text: Ruth 1:1-19a
Where is God? Is God working in the background to help even when all signs point against it? Or does God make the bad things happen, to punish us?
Like Ruth, we are children of sin. We are born sinful, and our nature is to embrace it and flee God’s discipline. Our sinful nature wants to veil our thoughts and actions from what God teaches us is good and right. Therefore, it is only natural to think that the bad things are punishment; or, at the very least, a sign that God really isn’t watching out for you.
That’s our sin talking. The Lord’s love is louder. His reach is further. The Lord’s love reached out to Ruth, a foreigner, and drew her into His kingdom. From her, the Lord’s love reaches through the centuries to us - Jesus Christ is one of her direct descendants. Her story is your story as well...