a. She gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned: Yes, God blessed Ruth. Yes, people were generous to her. At the same time, she did work hard. This was a sun-up to sun-down day, and Ruth worked hard all day long.
i. We should use Ruth’s example to glean everything we can from the Word of God:
· Ruth worked hard.
· Ruth had to stoop to gather every grain.
· Ruth could only pick up one grain at a time.
· Ruth had to hold on to each grain, and not immediately drop it.
· Ruth took the grain home and threshed it.
· Ruth took the threshed grain and winnowed it.
· Ruth was nourished by the grain.
b. It was about an ephah of barley: This was about a five-and-one-half gallon tub (22 liters) of barley – a wonderful day’s work to people who had nothing.
c. Gave to her what she had kept back: Besides all the barley grain, Ruth brought Naomi the food left over from the meal with Boaz. This was obviously a blessing for Naomi. (Guzik)
Worked Hard!
Starting with my teens I’ve always seemed to work hard. It started with a paper route, selling Christmas cards, cut lawns, painted my grandparents house at the age of twelve, had a job at a grocery store, roofed my parents house and the list goes on. The Lord gave me skilled hands as I could fix almost anything!
But the big question is , since coming to Jesus Christ, have you been working hard for His kingdom by telling the unsaved about his free gift of salvation?
All our hard work on earth is perishable and one day will be burned up but working hard for His kingdom is imperishable!
Life is short, work hard and tell others about Jesus before it’s too late!
Blessings
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