2 Corin. 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus
Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?
Ladies take some time to examine yourself in the midst
of your burden.
Self-examination
time:
1) Do
you trust God with all your heart?
2) Do
you lean on his understanding?
3) Do
you lean on your understanding?
4) Do
you acknowledge him in all your ways?
5) Do
you allow him to direct your paths?
Didn’t we
witness this scripture fulfilled in the lives of Naomi and Ruth? It is also fulfilled in our lives, when we
take up our cross to bear the burdens of our sisters.
Self-Examination Time:
Are
you helping someone bear their burdens?
Are you leading that person to Christ?
Naomi did
not fully recognize the blessing of having Ruth help bear her burden. Originally, she wanted Ruth to return to her
mother. It seemed to Naomi, like the normal logical loving reasonable thing for
Ruth to do: go home, date a young man, marry, have children. Instead
God had a better plan, Ruth sacrificed her life to bear Naomi’s burden
of widowhood in her old age, becoming her financial provider, and trusting
Naomi’s God: that’s Ruth’s Cross as a burden bearer. This is burden that Ruth carried, which was
her own vow in 1:16-17. Later, it became clearly evident to Naomi the sacrifice
that Ruth made. (Sometimes we don’t see
what we do have, we can’t see beyond the current problem or situation. We don’t
see the problem solver, we see the problem and our current circumstance.) Once,
Naomi’s eyes were opened, she was very appreciative. Then realization of the sacrifice that Ruth made with her life helped Naomi to pick up her
cross and carry Ruth’s burden in a different light.
Together they carried each other’s burden of widowhood. (Feelings
of loneliness, despair, abandonment, rejection, unfairness, helplessness,
hopelessness, anger, loss, etc.)
Ro.
12:1: We are to present our bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy, and
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. We are to sacrifice our lives for others just
as Jesus sacrificed his life for us, bearing our burdens. When we do this we fulfill the Law of
Christ.
We do not
live our lives unto ourselves, the word teaches us:
But
whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up
his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of
God in him? (Natural things, spiritual, financial)
Fill in the blanks below with scriptures:
Jesus said,
many will come saying, Lord, I prophesied in thy name, laid hands on the sick
and they did recover…_______, but he will say depart from me ye worker of
iniquity for I never knew you. Why? Because when you didn’t do it to the least of
these little ones, you didn’t do it unto me.
Oh, we got to pick up our cross and bear some burdens, just like Jesus
did.
How are
people going to know we are Christ disciples?
By having love one for another. _______
Love is an action.
When you are
burdened, I know you want someone to be there for you, someone to show you love.
The scripture tells us, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” ________
Remember,
Jesus was made perfect by the things that he suffered.________
We are
perfected through our sufferings.
Jesus said
we shall suffer persecutions in this present world. _______ Remember, how Job suffered and Joseph suffered.
Paul said
these present suffering are not worthy to be compared with the glory…______
We are to
look unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. __________
Jesus
suffered and he submitted himself to who judgeth righteously._______
His ways are
not our ways , his thoughts are not our thoughts. ______
God set it up, we have a comforter, which is
the Holy Ghost. _______ We have a
redeemer, like Boaz. Jesus is our
redeemer and he said, come unto me all ye that labor….. I will give you rest. _____ you can have joy in the midst of sorrow, you
can have peace that surpasses all understanding. Because of where you put your trust: In your
redeemer that lives, the greatest burden bear.
Now Naomi sees an
opportunity to secure Ruth’s future, the daughter-in-law that had been so good
to her, sacrificing her life for her. Naomi is taking up her cross, and decides
to help Ruth get a husband, not any husband, but the best: Boaz. In chapter 2:20
Gives glory to God. Her faith is
ignited. Read. Chapter 2:20, 3:1 Naomi
will not be satisfied until Ruth can rest.
She gives Ruth instructions, on how to get Boaz, which is actually a
marriage proposal. Ruth follows her instructions completely. Announcement:
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