+DEV+ Blessings Of Favor

Date: May 18, 2015 11:08 PM

Topic: +DEV+  Blessings Of Favor

Blessings Of Favor

"For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield." Psalm 5:12

Scripture Focus: Ruth 2

Both Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi, were widowed and destitute. With no means of support, Ruth gathered anything missed by those harvesting the barley near Bethlehem. She was a foreigner knowing neither the people nor the land of Judah. But God's leading placed her in a field owned by Naomi's relative, Boaz, and there she gleaned. In time she came to know Boaz and even married him. Generations down the line, she became an ancestor of Jesus Christ Himself. Ruth was living in the center of God's will, and she knew His favor. Ruth was not jumping through hoops to win favor with God and man. She did what she needed to do each day in the place and at the time God chose for her. 

What a relief it is for each of us who have received Jesus as Lord to know God does not require us to perform any extreme measures to qualify for His blessing on our lives. He has extended His favor to meet our every need, going so far as to meet our greatest need for salvation through the free gift of life given to us in Jesus.

Insight:  "His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)

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