The Book of Ruth Part 2 - The Boaz Company
- The word return is used
Complete
For
“Bethlehem in Judah”. The
There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.
2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And sheto come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. —Ruth 2:1-3
- When you surrender, God begins to
4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!”
And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!”
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”
6 So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.” —Ruth 2:4-7
1) The first thing we notice about the Boaz Company is that they speak
and create an atmosphere of
.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. —Proverbs 18:21
- The Holy Sprit can be
29 Let no corrupt [rotten, putrid] word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, quarreling, and slander, along with every kind of malice.
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. —Ephesians 4:29-32 (NKJV, EHV)
Word Test/Filter: Do they
If the Spirit can be grieved, He can also be
Be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ —Ephesians 5:18b-20a
- God wants to put a declaration of
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart [and the comments that I post] be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. —Psalm 19:14
2) The Boaz Company knew how to endure
without losing
by living in
instead of
.
10 So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have
come to a people whom you did not know before. 12 The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” —Ruth 2:10-12
- There’s a
- God wants to deposit a
3) The Boaz company created an environment of
that helped others to prosper.
15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
16 Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.” 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.
19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you.”
So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” —Ruth 2:15-19The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; 2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. —Isaiah 35:1-2
- Whoever carries the most
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28-30
- Boaz means “fleetness” – fast and
- God wants to remind you of your
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God. (Revelation 3:12) —Revelation 3:12