Ruth 4:13
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in
to her.”
The reward of having God inside of us.
Perhaps this is one of the most significant verses of the
entire book; it is the climax of the story. Everything we have read so far
leads to this. Boaz, the savior, the redeemer, takes the Moabite, the foreigner,
and not only brings her into his home, but goes into her, and she conceives.
What a beautiful archetype of the Christian journey! Our Savior, our Redeemer,
having conquered all the obstacles that stood between us, now takes us into His
home, we become His bride, and He comes into us. He knows us in the most
intimate manner known to man. Then He allows us to conceive and bear fruit for
His glory.
You were Ruth. I was Ruth. We are all foreigners in God’s
land. We had nothing to offer on our own. But He had compassion. He did not
take into consideration our baggage, our past, and everything we dragged along.
He saw our beauty and took us in. The symbolism is so amazing. He went into
her, just like Jesus comes into us through His Spirit, just like he went into
Mary. And Mary conceived Jesus, and gave birth to the ultimate personification
of love, so we can now, through the Spirit, also conceive, and bear fruit of
righteousness for the Kingdom of God.
Ruth bore a son. Mary bore the Son. Ruth’s son was the promise
of hope for the people of Israel, Mary’s Son was the fulfillment of that
promise, for Israel, for the world, for us. #getittogethergirl
Father, come into me. I believe in you. I believe you are my
savior and my redeemer, and I want to bear fruit for you. I acknowledge that I
have been a foreigner, I admit that I was not part of your house, yet you have
taken me as your bride. Let your Spirit fill me that I can bear fruit for you
and for your kingdom. Have your way in me, oh Lord. Take me into your home and
come into me. In the name of Jesus, amen.
My reflection:
“Enter
into the joy of your master.”
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