Friday 22nd November 2019
Topic: stubborn Determination
Text: Ruth 1:15-22
Golden text: Do not urge me to leave you or turn away with you Ruth 1:16
  A story was told of a student who was asked to withdraw from the University at 300 level due to his poor performance. He could not go back home because of his determination to be a graduate. He eventually took entrance form to another university, he was admitted to the University and he eventually became a graduate.
    Naomi had been reduced to nothing , she could have stayed in Moab and saved herself from the disgrace of going back to Bethlehem but she summoned courage to go back. Her daughter in laws were quick to follow her but she made them realized the consequences of their decisions. Orpah on hearing that stayed back but Ruth clung to her mother in law. She was ready to stay unmarried for life, she left certainties for uncertainties, be a stranger in a strange land she had never been. This does not make sense but she chose to be senseless with a crazy and stubborn determination that Naomi could not stop but allowed her to go. Probably Ruth saw something special about the God of Naomi and she was willing to die with her mother in law. This kind of determination and allegiance is rare. It takes a woman of faith with a God's foresight and insight to make such a decision.
Prayer: Lord help me to be determined to do your will when situations call for it in Jesus name

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