Can you follow God to the end?

Can you follow God to the end?

 

Ruth 1:15–22

 

Naomi tells his daughter-in-law Ruth to once again return to her people and gods, like her sister-in-law Orpah, but Ruth resolutely tells her to follow her mother's people and God to the end.

When Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem, the whole town greets her, but Naomi confesses that Almighty God has troubled her by calling herself Mara (distress) and not Naomi (joy). This was the time of the barley harvest.

 

Almighty God afflicted Naomi, who left God, but gives hope of restoration when she returns. Aren't we in a difficult situation apart from God? Return to God with the hope of restoration.

 

Ruth tells her mother-in-law Naomi to return to her people and gods, and she tells her to resolutely follow mother’s people and God to the end. Can we say that we, like Ruth, will follow God to the end?

 

Almighty God, help those who are in afflictions who have left You to return to You with the hope of recovery! May we become faithful people of God who will follow you to the end no matter how difficult it is!