Date: 04-04-2021

Title: Strange Circumstances

(S) cripture:
    Ruth 1:1-6 (NLT2) In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. 2 The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there. 3 Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. 4 The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband. 6 Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.

(O) bservation:
    Famine took Naomi and her husband to the land of Moab. There her sons married Moabite women. Her husband and sons all die, and she is there with her daughters-in-law. Naomi hears that the famine has ended and she decides to return home. Only Ruth goes with her and again in strange circumstances marries Boaz. God has provided for her and honored her faithfulness to Naomi. The results of these strange circumstances is not over.

(A) pplication:
    Sometimes God uses strange circumstances to get us to where He needs us to be so that we can fulfill His will. Even though our circumstances may seem hard and difficult to understand, God has a purpose and plan. Today I will not let any circumstance keep me from pursuing God’s plan but will trust that He is in control. Today is Easter Sunday and the circumstances surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection seem a strange way to accomplish God’ will, I will thank God for Jesus’ death and resurrection for me.

(P) rayer:
    Lord, Help me to see my circumstances the way you see them and let me experience your will in them. Amen