Seize the Moment – Day 728
The Willingness to Work Hard!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, March 15.
Are you willing to work hard? Naomi’s daughter-in-law shows her true colors in Ruth 2:2-3:
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Ruth was an outsider, despised because she was from Moab. She had only one chance at a new life in Bethlehem. There are many ways she could have responded to her circumstances, such as complain and grumble, but, instead, Ruth’s character shined brightly. She labored willingly in the fields of Boaz, gleaning to survive while hoping for a miracle of provision that would care for Naomi. Her willingness to work hard paid off as Ruth 2:11-12 captures Boaz’s response to her selfless service to Naomi:
All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.
Seize the moment by letting your faith shine brightly through your willingness to work hard!