GOOD HEART
Ruth 2

Out of the abundance of a good heart, good, noticeable actions will follow. This was the case of Ruth who was identified as a virtuous woman in a town that was not her hometown. Ruth came into the picture after she had persistently refused to back off from her mother in-law. Naomi was a woman that left her home country with her husband Elimelech, and had two sons to the country of Moab. In the country of Moab, she survived her husband and here two sons. When Naomi decided to go back to Bethlehem, her two daughter in-laws, Orpha and Ruth insisted on going back with her. Naomi persuaded them not go with her. Orpha decided to turn back, but Ruth, out of her good heart, could not be persuaded to turn her back on her mother in-law. In Bethlehem, with Naomi’s permission, Ruth went to the field that belonged to Boaz, in attempt to work. Ruth went and began to work on Boaz’s field where she became noticeable to Him. Boaz then ordered protection for Ruth, “So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” (Ruth 2:10) Ruth was overtaken with the favor she received from a man that she had never met before. Ruth did not realize that the seed of a good heart that she sowed was about to yield the fruit of a good life. In this world, one thing is certain, it is not possible to sow good, and reap bad, neither shall you sow a mango seed, and reap an orange. Here is the response of Boaz to Ruth, in Ruth 2:11-12, “And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before.”” At every time that a believer acts on the conscience of a goodness of heart, by coming out of their comfort zone, to an uncomfortable avenue with the heart of doing good, God will always take notice. Ruth had no reason to go with Naomi and she had all reasons to turn back like Orpha did. Ruth had no hidden agenda that she was expecting to gain for doing good, but to be with her lonely mother in-law. Boaz the eventual husband prayed for Ruth, “The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” (Ruth 2:12) In Ruth’s linage Jesus came to the face of earth. What kind of report are you generating to those that are far and those that are close to you?
Prayer for the day: Lord I ask in Jesus’ name, give me a heart that will constantly generate a favor provoking report.