11/05/25 // Ruth - Part 2 // Dave Watmore

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/354059/episodes/17138348-11-05-25-ruth-part-2-dave-watmore.mp3

Everything happens for a reason?

·   There is NO accident with God.
·   If chance exists, then God doesn’t.
·   Chance would mean there is something out of His control.
·   God ordained it. God either orders it or gives permission.
·   We miss miracles sometimes because we label it chance.
·   God has left nothing to chance luck or coincidence.
 
·   God’s day to day interactions with you is called providence.
·   It goes unseen but He is always working.

Ruth 1 v 19 – 22, 2 v 1-3.

Recap
·   Ruth was married to Naomi and Elimelek’s (God is King) son Mahlon (weakness). Boaz means Strength.
·   Barley harvest occurs during Passover when the barley is harvested for the poor.
·   Naomi has lost her husband and her two sons and decided to return to Israel and Bethlehem where her husband’s family came from.
·   The whole of scripture points to the work of the Almighty to bring about His plan of redemption.
·   God wanted to use Ruth (a gentile) in His redemption plan. Naomi and Elimelek had to go to Moab for Mahlon to meet and marry Ruth, his father, his and Mahlon himself had to die to drive Naomi and Ruth back to Judah/Bethlehem. But there is often bitterness in our daily walk in life.
·   Although Naomi had returned with the Ruth showing her love and loyalty and the people of Bethlehem were delighted to see he, she blamed God for the calamity and her bitterness. It’s amazing that even though she was railing against the unfairness of God, he does not strike her down and she has the confidence in knowing the kindness and character of God to be able to express that openly without the appearance of fear.
·   However, Ruth has a prompt to action and break out of the poverty mentality of her mother – in- law. Cake illustration.
·   Toss of a coin at birth – Not by chance. “I don’t see that you’re working. “My Mum might have prayed for a child after 2 miscarriages.
·   Twisted chain of a door. “I don’t feel that you’re working.” Lesley prayed a prayer for a man she could trust. We both had broken, long term relationships.
·   Asking for a family to buy the house. “You never stop working.” Keeping his promises to us and to CitP.
Is Jesus showing you what he wants you to do?
·   Is that why you had the miracle?
·   It’s why the miracle happens.
The earth is the Lords and everything in it.
·   God loves details. 
·   Trusting in Gods providence means believing a string of seemingly unrelated events to accomplish a bigger purpose. We don’t always understand what He is doing but we don’t have to.
Isaiah 45:2. It reads, "I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron."
““As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 NIV
Romans 8 v 28

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NIV