Ruth 2:8-9 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 was a starving foreigner who was looking for enough food to feed her elder mother-in-law and herself. She just wanted enough to eat. Boaz was a distant relative through her dead husband's family and a wealthy landowner. So Ruth asked for permission to glean in his fields - that is, she asked if she could follow behind the hired hands and pick up the droppings they lost as they were putting the harvest in their baskets. Can I pick up the trash and eat it, please?
Boaz was a generous man and admired the dedication and faithfulness of this woman toward her husband's family. So he told her to stick close, even drink the water of his hired hands. The story goes on that he tells his hired hands to "accidentally" drop some good stuff for Ruth. The people of God have always cared for the poor and those who need it. The people of God are not in the business of asking, "By what right are you here? Show me your papers?" The people of God are in the business of caring for needs. Thanks be to God!
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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