Rut 2:19 | KingComments | STEP | Ruth takes with her what she has gathered and beaten out. Yet she does not give that to Naomi. She gives Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied with what Boaz gave her ( ). The rich Ruth lets the still poor Naomi share in her abundance. With what we have personally received from Christ in abundance, we can feed others. This is not only in the meeting, but especially in our contacts as believers with each other. How much did we enjoy the Lord Jesus? Is it so much that we can also give to others, out of its abundance? Often our contacts are limited to everyday conversations which we also have with our unbelieving neighbors. This is not necessarily wrong, but sometimes it is the result of spiritual poverty that the level of conversation doesn’t go beyond earthly things. Naomi can see from the large quantity, that Ruth is particularly blessed by a landowner. Because of the fruit she sees, Naomi asks where she has been. People ask us, when they see what we have and hand out, where we have been. The Thessalonians are known throughout the area to belong to the Lord Jesus and live for Him ( ). If we spend a lot of time watching TV and surfing the internet, if we have been busy in those ‘fields’, and have read nothing of the ‘field’ of God’s Word then we probably can’t hand out anything. I take with me to the meeting, where I have been, and what I have been doing. In answer to Naomi’s question, Ruth does not mention the place where she worked, but the name of the man on whose place she worked: Boaz. It means something special to Ruth, more than only that he is a friendly man who has blessed her richly. She now knows his name, that name with the beautiful meaning ‘in him is strength’. There is growth in her spiritual development. So, it is with someone who has just come to faith. First, he is happy about the forgiveness of his sins, then he becomes happy with the Redeemer by getting to know Him more personally, by discovering more of the meaning of the name ‘Jesus’ (meaning ‘in Him is salvation’).

‏ Ruth 2:19

Ruth Lets Naomi Share in the Blessing

Ruth takes with her what she has gathered and beaten out. Yet she does not give that to Naomi. She gives Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied with what Boaz gave her (Rth 2:14). The rich Ruth lets the still poor Naomi share in her abundance. With what we have personally received from Christ in abundance, we can feed others. This is not only in the meeting, but especially in our contacts as believers with each other.

How much did we enjoy the Lord Jesus? Is it so much that we can also give to others, out of its abundance? Often our contacts are limited to everyday conversations which we also have with our unbelieving neighbors. This is not necessarily wrong, but sometimes it is the result of spiritual poverty that the level of conversation doesn’t go beyond earthly things.

Naomi can see from the large quantity, that Ruth is particularly blessed by a landowner. Because of the fruit she sees, Naomi asks where she has been. People ask us, when they see what we have and hand out, where we have been. The Thessalonians are known throughout the area to belong to the Lord Jesus and live for Him (1Thes 1:8). If we spend a lot of time watching TV and surfing the internet, if we have been busy in those ‘fields’, and have read nothing of the ‘field’ of God’s Word then we probably can’t hand out anything. I take with me to the meeting, where I have been, and what I have been doing.

In answer to Naomi’s question, Ruth does not mention the place where she worked, but the name of the man on whose place she worked: Boaz. It means something special to Ruth, more than only that he is a friendly man who has blessed her richly. She now knows his name, that name with the beautiful meaning ‘in him is strength’. There is growth in her spiritual development. So, it is with someone who has just come to faith. First, he is happy about the forgiveness of his sins, then he becomes happy with the Redeemer by getting to know Him more personally, by discovering more of the meaning of the name ‘Jesus’ (meaning ‘in Him is salvation’).