A Redeeming Proposal (3 of 4)
Series: The Romance of Redemption
Ruth 3:1-18
Keith Krell
Shalom (''peace''), my name is Boaz. It's my great privilege to be with you today. I don't know about you, but I don't like to wait on God. Deep down, I'm just like you: I want what I want and I want it now! I guess you could say that I hate to wait. Can you relate? I've been told that you speed date, eat fast food, and use the self-checkout lines in grocery stores. Apparently, you also try the ''one weekend diet,'' pay extra for overnight shipping, and honk when the light turns green. Honestly, I don't fully understand some of these things because I lived many years ago. But I get the gist: Like me, you hate to wait.
What are you presently waiting on God for? Perhaps you're looking for work. You've been beating the pavement for months and keep getting turned down. Maybe you've been investing your money as wisely as you know how, yet every investment fritters away more and more of your retirement. Perhaps you're hoping that God will provide you with a suitable life companion. But every time you pursue a prospective spouse, you're rejected. Maybe you've been praying for relief from sickness, but God hasn't healed you. And now you're not sure you can make it through life. Clearly, our timetable and God's aren't always in sync. Sometimes He chooses to seat us in His waiting room. This is exactly what happened to me.
1. Ruth proposes marriage to Boaz (3:6-11). Years ago I was a farmer in Israel. I loved working the land. Even though I was an old man, I always worked hard. I say this in all humility, but my work ethic put many of my younger farm hands to shame. If you know anything about working on a threshing floor, you know such work separates the men from the boys. My crew and I would collect the sheaves of grain and place them in a large pile. We would then beat the grain with stones and spikes to separate the husks of grain from the straw on which it grew. Then ...
Series: The Romance of Redemption
Ruth 3:1-18
Keith Krell
Shalom (''peace''), my name is Boaz. It's my great privilege to be with you today. I don't know about you, but I don't like to wait on God. Deep down, I'm just like you: I want what I want and I want it now! I guess you could say that I hate to wait. Can you relate? I've been told that you speed date, eat fast food, and use the self-checkout lines in grocery stores. Apparently, you also try the ''one weekend diet,'' pay extra for overnight shipping, and honk when the light turns green. Honestly, I don't fully understand some of these things because I lived many years ago. But I get the gist: Like me, you hate to wait.
What are you presently waiting on God for? Perhaps you're looking for work. You've been beating the pavement for months and keep getting turned down. Maybe you've been investing your money as wisely as you know how, yet every investment fritters away more and more of your retirement. Perhaps you're hoping that God will provide you with a suitable life companion. But every time you pursue a prospective spouse, you're rejected. Maybe you've been praying for relief from sickness, but God hasn't healed you. And now you're not sure you can make it through life. Clearly, our timetable and God's aren't always in sync. Sometimes He chooses to seat us in His waiting room. This is exactly what happened to me.
1. Ruth proposes marriage to Boaz (3:6-11). Years ago I was a farmer in Israel. I loved working the land. Even though I was an old man, I always worked hard. I say this in all humility, but my work ethic put many of my younger farm hands to shame. If you know anything about working on a threshing floor, you know such work separates the men from the boys. My crew and I would collect the sheaves of grain and place them in a large pile. We would then beat the grain with stones and spikes to separate the husks of grain from the straw on which it grew. Then ...
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