NKJV 365 / Ruth

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 250 of 365 Ruth Loyal to the End After the death of her Hebrew husband, Ruth could have remained in her own culture-the expected and easier route-but instead chose to travel with Naomi, her mother-in-law, back to Bethlehem, a place totally foreign to her. Why did she do this? The reason seemed very simple and logical from her point of view: she had a fierce loyalty to her bereaved mother in-law. Loyalty ties individuals together. True loyalty is seldom easy-it takes both patience and a willingness to be inconvenienced. Genuinely loyal people adjust their schedules to meet the needs of those they serve. And loyalty often comes at a price. Ruth, for example, made a tremendous sacrifice by leaving her family and friends behind in order to serve Naomi. Ultimately, however, godly loyalty tends to yield a great reward. God saw Ruth's deep, abiding loyalty and rewarded her by giving her a loving husband, a beautiful son, and most of all, by placing her in the family line of Jesus Christ. Taken from The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible Ruth 4:13-22 NASB 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the L ord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed is the L ord who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. 15 May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." The Line of David Began Here 16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, 19 and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, 20 and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, 21 and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, 22 and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.