Ruth 2:8-9 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped, and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.’
Ruth found herself in a position of hunger and need. And she found grace. She found grace in Boaz, a wealthy landowner who allowed her to walk behind his fieldhands picking up what they dropped behind them. This was a practice commanded by God in the Scripture, to allow the aliens in your midst to pick up the gleanings in your field. But it wasn't often actually done. Here Ruth finds grace in Boaz.
Boaz went beyond the grace commanded by his Scripture. Not only did he ALLOW Ruth to collect. Boaz instructed his own young men to leave her alone, he guided her to a productive field. There's almost a "wink wink" acknowledgement that she'll have the best results in this particular field. This is the grace that we humans sometimes show one another: going beyond the mercy commanded by God. Sometimes we go beyond the letter of the law to the spirit of the law. Sometimes...
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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