In Ruth 2, there’s a beautiful picture of harvest. Look back to Ruth 1:1 – “There was a famine in the land.”
The Christian life’s like that. It’s not always harvest. Sometimes,
it’s famine. Sometimes, we feel like we’re on the mountain-top. At other
times, we’re in the wilderness. Whatever your circumstances, remember
this – God knows what’s best for you. In the happy times and the testing
times, be sure of this – God is not far from you, He’s with you, He
loves you and He wants to bless you. When it seems like nothing’s going
right for you, take time to think about what the Lord has done for you
and give thanks to Him.
When
things are going well, don’t take God’s blessing for granted. He can
withdraw His blessing from us if we don’t give thanks to Him – that’s
the warning Jesus gives us in the parable of the rich fool (Luke
12:13-21).
When
things are going badly, don’t let your head go down. Don’t start
thinking that God’s blessing will never return
In
the happy times and the testing times, let’s count our blessings.
Sometimes, we think that we can decide when we’re going to rejoice and
when we’re going to complain. God says, “Rejoice in the Lord always”
(Philippians 4:4). This is joy in the Lord. It doesn’t depend on us. It
comes from the Lord. Good things may happen to us. Bad things may happen
to us. In the good times and the bad times, let us “rejoice in the
Lord.”
In
the Lord’s Prayer, we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” What
we’re saying is this. We depend on the Lord. Every good gift comes from
Him. Without His blessing, our life is empty. Our life may seem to be
full of good things. If Christ isn’t living in us, our life is empty.
Don’t be like the rich fool. He lost everything that mattered to him.
Life is more than things. We can’t take them with us. Real life is Jesus
living in us. It’s the beginning of eternal life.
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