Godly Leadership Principles for Ruth
Mitch Wilburn
Part of Ruth—The Best is yet to Come
September 7, 2018


Principle #1
Godly leaders choose to believe


Principle #2
Godly leaders


Ruth 2:2
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:6-7
And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”

Ruth 2:11-12
But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. 12 The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”


Principle #3
Godly leaders hard work


Revelation 22:12
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.

Ruth 3:11
And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.

Judges 6:12
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Ephesians 6:7-8
rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.

Colossians 3:23-24
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.