Have you considered how God might be using you? Have you thought how he might use your children or grandchildren? What if God is using us to set up something wonderful two or three or four generations down the road? What if you never know how God is using you?
God works out his plan through people who may not ever know just how they fit in it. He may be using us in this life to accomplish something for a generation much later down the line. We must remember that God can see all of time at the same time, though we cannot.
Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz were all being used by God to accomplish his plan for the coming Messiah. Naomi had lost her husband and her sons. She was a destitute woman. Ruth was a daughter-in-law and a Moabite. She refused to leave Naomi and committed to worshiping Naomi’s God. So, she returned to Bethlehem with Naomi.
Boaz was a kinsman redeemer, which means he was related to Naomi’s husband and could take redeem the land he had left behind when he left for Moab. Naomi knew this and prodded Ruth to go to Boaz. Boaz ultimately married Ruth and redeemed the land. What neither of them knew was that they would be in the lineage of Jesus.
Since we do not know how God may be using us, we should continue to trust him. We should continue to be willing to follow him, listen for his calling, and do what he guides us to do. We have no way of knowing how our willingness to follow him throughout our lives will impact future generations.
I pray we all are willing to be used by God. I pray we choose to follow God’s plan for our lives. I pray each one of us trust God is at work in our lives and can use our life to impact future generations. Submit to God. Follow God’s plan for your life. Trust God is at work.
Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son.
Marty Pressey 