Word for Youth

Come out of that corner

Under Old Testament law, God commanded Jewish farmers: ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field…You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger’ (v. 22 NKJV). Ruth was working in an obscure corner of a field owned by a wealthy man named Boaz, who is a beautiful type of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. When Boaz saw Ruth, he called her out of the corner and into the middle of the harvest field, and then instructed the reapers to drop handfuls of wheat in her path so that she wouldn’t have to work for it (see Ruth 2:16). What can we learn from this? One moment of God’s favour can change our lives and He can do it through someone He’s already prepared, someone we might not even have met yet. Ruth didn’t know it, but because Boaz was related to her mother-in-law Naomi, that put him in the position to be her ‘kinsman-redeemer’ (see Ruth 3:1-9), who was someone qualified to wipe out her debt, and care for her, and meet her needs. Jesus said, ‘Your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly’ (Matthew 6:4 NKJV). Even when you feel forgotten or unseen, God doesn’t overlook you. Others may not notice your faithfulness, but He does, and He will reward you for it. ‘God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown towards His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister’ (Hebrews 6:10 NKJV). One day, God’s going to say to you, ‘Come out of that corner!’