And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you from this young woman.”
(Ruth 4:11-12, NKJV)
Little did the people at the gate and elders know how their amazingly wonderful their blessing would be.
They prayed that the Lord would prosper Boaz and that his name would be famous in Bethlehem (as we’ll learn in the next couple of days, this is quite prophetic). They also prayed for his house to grow through the children he’d have with Ruth. (again, we’ll see how true this is).
God is so good to the faithful. If we give our lives and our plans to Him, He will always work things out beyond our expectations … and certainly beyond what we deserve.
I’m excited to be reaching the end of this great story. The next two days are going to bless us all!
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