Ruth 2 Commentary
Chapter 2 describes at length the characters involved in the love story. The Book of Ruth has huge value to young people as they navigate the loops of relationships.
Coming up first is the main character herself, Ruth.
From Chapter 1, we can tell we are looking at a determined and loyal woman. She had seen the value and was determined to stick to it. The main pick here is the question about our loyalty to things we have come to accept as very important in our lives.
Her love for Naomi and what Naomi represented was stronger than her love for her relatives. For her part, Naomi gives us an impression of a woman who lived an ideal life as desired by her God.
The LORD had ordained Israel to be a nation through whom other nations would be blessed. Naomi is an effective evangelist through whom Ruth comes to know and experience the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is now her God, too. She will not let go.
We have sufficient evidence to conclude that Ruth was hardworking. She was also a self-starter. She saw a need in the home and initiated the move to have it resolved, not by begging, but by working.
Her selfless character is shown in the decision she made to follow Naomi, who didn’t have much to offer.
Her faith is shown by her decision to step out regardless of the fact that there was neither an invitation nor an advertisement for employment. “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”
And through the mouth of Boaz, we learn Ruth also cared for and supported her mother-in-law.
Such women deserve support. Boaz provides it. Such women deserve respect and protection. Boaz and the workers offer them. They also deserve a meal. Boaz provides it! But we know better. The LORD is at work behind the scenes, providing for Ruth through the physical objects – Boaz and the workers.
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