The Ruth Generation are the Overcomers!
Naomi’s are the Overcomers.
Together they are to gather the nations and birth the Kingdom on earth-give the milk of the word.
They are to labor together for the greater purpose. This is true leadership. Serving one another. (There is power in your serve. Story of Rebecca)
The story of Eliezer’s challenge is a familiar one. Abraham sent Eliezer off with a task, “Find a suitable wife for my son Isaac.” How, though, could Eliezer be secure in the knowledge that the woman he chose would indeed measure up to the standards of the saintly Isaac? To ensure that he would find the young woman, Eliezer came up with a plan. Hence was born the famous “camel test”. After his long travels, Eliezer would ask a young maiden for a sip of water, and if she offered to provide water for his camels as well, she would be the one! Rebecca immediately gave him a drink, then offered and drew water for all his camels. She saw an opportunity to do something kind, and swiftly went to work. She didn’t question or consider whether she was really needed; instead, she energetically continued filling multiple troughs with water, until the job of satisfying a whole herd of thirsty camels was completed-- while Eliezer and his men watched her work unassisted. She had one motivation, to give to someone else with kindness. That intense desire to reach out to others and to jump at the prospect of being of service matched the profile of Abraham’s family. They were kind. They looked for ways to show kindness.
Why did Eliezer stand by and just watch Rebecca laboriously and single handedly provide water for all his camels? Eliezer considered this part of the test. There are those who make generous offers, but do an inadequate job, quit, or don’t follow through completely. There are others, who may do their job, but though they make no demands, they expect some form of compensation or gratitude.
Rebecca teaches us to take this goal of boundless lovingkindness, challenge ourselves with real, selfless commitment. Rebecca teaches us to be initiators, to look for times and places where we can be of service, to be proactive and useful, without calculating whether there are others around who could, or should, do the same.
In the “field of Gleans” everyone works. (Not dreams but reality)
No one has a husband…Jesus hasn’t come on the scene yet.
But God has always wanted a family.
Remember the Themes of the Book Ruth, Family, Loyalty, Humility, beyond sadness and loss.
We can overcome the famine by sticking together and working with one another, coming undercover, and doing our part without mumbling and complaining keeping the end in sight!
ACTION STEP: I challenge you to be one of the overcomers that God is raising up in these last days. What is God calling you to leave behind? Where is God calling you to go? Who has He put in your life to show you the way? Refuse to live in yesterday. Go forward into the new field God has prepared for you.
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
Naomi’s are the Overcomers.
Together they are to gather the nations and birth the Kingdom on earth-give the milk of the word.
They are to labor together for the greater purpose. This is true leadership. Serving one another. (There is power in your serve. Story of Rebecca)
The story of Eliezer’s challenge is a familiar one. Abraham sent Eliezer off with a task, “Find a suitable wife for my son Isaac.” How, though, could Eliezer be secure in the knowledge that the woman he chose would indeed measure up to the standards of the saintly Isaac? To ensure that he would find the young woman, Eliezer came up with a plan. Hence was born the famous “camel test”. After his long travels, Eliezer would ask a young maiden for a sip of water, and if she offered to provide water for his camels as well, she would be the one! Rebecca immediately gave him a drink, then offered and drew water for all his camels. She saw an opportunity to do something kind, and swiftly went to work. She didn’t question or consider whether she was really needed; instead, she energetically continued filling multiple troughs with water, until the job of satisfying a whole herd of thirsty camels was completed-- while Eliezer and his men watched her work unassisted. She had one motivation, to give to someone else with kindness. That intense desire to reach out to others and to jump at the prospect of being of service matched the profile of Abraham’s family. They were kind. They looked for ways to show kindness.
Why did Eliezer stand by and just watch Rebecca laboriously and single handedly provide water for all his camels? Eliezer considered this part of the test. There are those who make generous offers, but do an inadequate job, quit, or don’t follow through completely. There are others, who may do their job, but though they make no demands, they expect some form of compensation or gratitude.
Rebecca teaches us to take this goal of boundless lovingkindness, challenge ourselves with real, selfless commitment. Rebecca teaches us to be initiators, to look for times and places where we can be of service, to be proactive and useful, without calculating whether there are others around who could, or should, do the same.
In the “field of Gleans” everyone works. (Not dreams but reality)
No one has a husband…Jesus hasn’t come on the scene yet.
But God has always wanted a family.
Remember the Themes of the Book Ruth, Family, Loyalty, Humility, beyond sadness and loss.
We can overcome the famine by sticking together and working with one another, coming undercover, and doing our part without mumbling and complaining keeping the end in sight!
ACTION STEP: I challenge you to be one of the overcomers that God is raising up in these last days. What is God calling you to leave behind? Where is God calling you to go? Who has He put in your life to show you the way? Refuse to live in yesterday. Go forward into the new field God has prepared for you.
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
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