Ruth: Poverty and Plenty

This woman from ancient times was no powerful princess - just a young vulnerable widow an impoverished outcast. The story records no famous events or places - just a struggling family facing hard times in a small agricultural community occupied with their livelihoods and customs.But the hidden hand of God is at work in the lives of these ordinary people and wonderfully at work in history. God transforms hardship from bitterness to joy; Gods word liberates people to become a community filled with loving kindness towards outsiders; Gods people reach out to their enemies. And most significantly Gods great plan to send a promised savior King to redeem people of all nations is being worked out.Like those in the story we may be just ordinary people unable to see how the events of our lives will turn out. But by encountering the God who works through the circumstances of life we too can discover the God who can turn our poverty to plenty through Jesus Christ.