Ruth 4:14,15 The women said to Naomi: ” Praise the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman – Redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter in – law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
Naomi thought that the Lord’s hand of judgement was upon her after she and her husband left the promised land in such for food. She had married her sons to Moabite women in such for offspring. In the course of her stay in Moab, her husband and her two sons died leaving her devastated and without hope.
But her daughter in – law, Ruth the Moabitess, turned out to be the means by which the Lord would meet her needs for food and offspring to carry on the family name. After her marriage to Boaz, Ruth, through the Lord’s direct intervention, conceived and bore a son. The child would be a comfort to Naomi in her old age. Naomi now had a daughter in -law who all recognized as better than seven sons.
To some of us, our background / past might not be that appealing. Some, like Naomi, may be going through the dark season of our lives. The good news is that ” a bad past doesn’t mean a bad future . ” For Naomi, the child Obed became the father of Jesse, the father of David. For you, God is Pursuing a bigger plan for your future.
Further readings:
Psa 40:5
Isa 55:12
Jer 29:11
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