Ruth 4

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife;

(Ruth 4:13)

To me, this is the “happily ever after” to one of the greatest pictures of God’s Love that we have in the scriptures. A woman from Moab, a woman who suffered greatly, brought into the family of God, married by a wonderful man, to one day become the great-grandmother of David; the ancestor of Jesus. She went from rags to riches, from a life of ruin to a glorious recovery. God took what was broken, what was worthless, what was wasted… and He turned it into something beautiful.

This is what God does, it is “His business”. He is all about REDEMPTION. Buying back the things He made, wasted broken things; and restoring them to the beauty He intended for them. Ruth’s story is my story, it is your story, it is the story of every person who has ever put their trust in Jesus Christ. From condemned sinner to child of God; Jesus Christ transforms people’s lives EVERY DAY.

This is the work that the Lord is doing in all of His creation. Sin entered the world and wrecked it. Sin has marred this world, scarred this world, twisted and destroyed the world. It has taken what God made to be good and beautiful, and turned it into a tragic mess. The book of Romans tells us that our world is crying out to God for REDEMPTION; longing to be “bought back” and restored to its original beauty. That day is coming. One day, the Lord will complete His work of redemption. In that day there will be no more sin, and no more suffering. All things will be made new, and life will never be the same. The Bible tells us that in that day, we won’t need the sun for the Lord will be our light. It says that a wonderful river will flow from Jerusalem, healing the land and bringing life to all things… Even purifying the Dead Sea.

Our God is all about LIFE. I think that we often forget that. People ask things like, “how could a loving God send people to HELL?!?!” They ask as if God WANTS to see people go to hell. Those people don’t know my God. He is taking this world, this sinful world that is sending ITSELF to hell; and He is offering it life, one person at a time. God’s story isn’t one of condemnation, and history isn’t just a series of tragedies. HIStory is the story of a loving God, and just how far He will go to save the “RUTH’S” of this world. I hope you can share this love story with all those you come to know in this life... The story of a God that loved this world so much, that He gave His ONLY SON to die for it!