By this I know that you favour me... – Ps 41:11
The story of Ruth is one of spectacular favour. A down-and-out
second-class citizen, a member of a cursed nation, becoming the chosen bride
and partner of a wealthy, godly landowner. What an amazing grass-to-grace
narrative.
And the “grace” didn’t stop there. It’s glorious enough that this
unusual union resulted in the birth of a beautiful bouncing baby boy, but that
boy’s grandson would eventually become the greatest king that Israel had ever
known – David. And because the King of Kings – the expected Messiah – was
prophesied to come from the loins of David, this Moabites became a bona fide
member of Christ’s ancestry. Hallelujah!
But Ruth’s favour did not begin when Boaz set his eyes on her. Ruth had
been favoured long before she even stepped foot in Bethlehem!
We generally tend to measure favour by physical, tangible tokens: a
brand new car, a debt cancellation, a promotion at the work place...
However, we cannot only measure favour in material blessings. Sometimes
favour is discerned when you recognise that you survived something that
destroyed others. If God didn’t favour Ruth while she was in Moab, the thing
that killed her husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law could as well have
killed her. She survived and thrived even in an atmosphere of demonism and
divine disapprobation.
She may not have been conscious of it, but the favour still kept her.
Her destiny was not an afterthought or a chance happening. The favour of God
was trained upon her head while she was plodding the dusty streets of Moab;
keeping her preserving her, leading her to her eventual place of rest.
Beloved, each time you survive is proof that God is preserving you for a
reason. You may not have a dramatic testimony to wow a church audience, and
your circumstances right now may not look altogether spectacular, but know for
a surety that God has you covered. His favour is resting on you, and will not
lift until it sees you enter your place of rest and permanent provision.
You shall prosper, you shall succeed, you shall fulfil destiny in Jesus’
name
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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