NOTHING CAN HINDER THE LORD (26)
Scripture: Ruth 3:1-18
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Nothing Can Hinder the Lord (26)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ruth 3:1-18
Introduction
I don't know about you, but I've got this terrible habit and instinct that whenever crisis or trouble arises in my life to just jump into fix-it mode. Somewhere down the road I might remember to pray about it, but my instinct to is handle it myself. Now I know God is in control, and yet how often I find myself acting as though He is not. How often I act as though God needs my help. Many of you, I'm sure, know or share this inclination. Where it comes from, I believe, is a lack of faith. Either we don't trust God or we simply forget Him and His promises. Regardless, we find ourselves in a situation where we feel the compulsion to take the reins ourselves.
This is exact situation we find Naomi in, this morning, in Ruth 3. Ruth 3 is quite a risqué and risky chapter in Ruth's story. It's a situation where, boy, a lot of things could have gone wrong. We'll detail some of those things as we go, but honestly, its story that shows us just how foolish we can be when we take matters into our own hands. But we see in it that no matter how bad it could have gone, we see that nothing can hinder God from accomplishing His promises and His purposes. As we've seen throughout our wisdom series, wisdom recognizes God's sovereign purposes in all things and, thus, seeks to live accordingly in worship and obedience. The book of Job affirmed God's good and perfect control; the Proverbs reaffirmed God's good and perfect control. And now the book of Ruth gives us a real life example of God's good and perfect control. Moreover, this chapter shows us that God can and does redeem all sorts of situations that we may find ourselves in or that we may even cause. Above all else, Ruth 3 teaches us that God's perfect purposes for the world, and for His children, can never be thwarted, affected, or ruined. Therefore, we can live our lives in ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ruth 3:1-18
Introduction
I don't know about you, but I've got this terrible habit and instinct that whenever crisis or trouble arises in my life to just jump into fix-it mode. Somewhere down the road I might remember to pray about it, but my instinct to is handle it myself. Now I know God is in control, and yet how often I find myself acting as though He is not. How often I act as though God needs my help. Many of you, I'm sure, know or share this inclination. Where it comes from, I believe, is a lack of faith. Either we don't trust God or we simply forget Him and His promises. Regardless, we find ourselves in a situation where we feel the compulsion to take the reins ourselves.
This is exact situation we find Naomi in, this morning, in Ruth 3. Ruth 3 is quite a risqué and risky chapter in Ruth's story. It's a situation where, boy, a lot of things could have gone wrong. We'll detail some of those things as we go, but honestly, its story that shows us just how foolish we can be when we take matters into our own hands. But we see in it that no matter how bad it could have gone, we see that nothing can hinder God from accomplishing His promises and His purposes. As we've seen throughout our wisdom series, wisdom recognizes God's sovereign purposes in all things and, thus, seeks to live accordingly in worship and obedience. The book of Job affirmed God's good and perfect control; the Proverbs reaffirmed God's good and perfect control. And now the book of Ruth gives us a real life example of God's good and perfect control. Moreover, this chapter shows us that God can and does redeem all sorts of situations that we may find ourselves in or that we may even cause. Above all else, Ruth 3 teaches us that God's perfect purposes for the world, and for His children, can never be thwarted, affected, or ruined. Therefore, we can live our lives in ...
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