I have the YouVersion Bible app that I use to read my Bible and follow some devotions. One of the ones that I am currently going through is called "Face To Faith" and it's a 366 day plan. Now, one of the devotions that hit me hard came from a passage in Ruth concerning the blessing that she received.
For those of you that do not know the story of Ruth, I would recommend reading it. But I will provide a summary. Now an Israelite, his wife and two sons moved from Bethlehem to the land of Moab. The man died, and after that his sons married women from Moab, of which one was Ruth. They were married ten years had no kids before the sons died. The wife (Naomi) decided to go back to her homeland, and told her daughter-in-laws to go back to their families. One did while Ruth pledged to go back with Naomi and make Naomi's God her God. She went backed worked in the fields was noticed by the man that owned the field, told her to gather from his field only. Long story short, this man, Boaz, later redeems Ruth, marries her, and they are blessed with a child. Ruth finds herself as the great grandmother of King David. Ruth, a women that did not know God at first, decides to go after the one true God and make Him the center of her life. And what does God do? He blessed her. Boaz, had God at the center of his life as well. And when these two people got married God blesses them with a child. How amazing is that? When we make God the center of our life, He blesses us. God wants us to pursue Him. He wants us to run after His heart. God is right there to make Himself know to all people who decide to go after God. God wants to bless us as His children. And when we walk away for God, when we decide to go after the desires of the world, He waits patently for us, God still loves us in these moments and He may withhold His blessings in our life while we walk in disobedience. But, when we turn back towards Him, He is there with open arms, with all the love and forgiveness you can imagine and more, and blesses us. I want God to be the center of my life. I want to run after Him, to know God more, to swim in the oceans of His love for me. I want to know the heart of God, and I want the blessings that God wants to give me. I know that with my focus and heart going after God, that the world around me may fall apart, but I will still have joy and peace because God is with me. Amen.
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