He Took Care of It All

“On the day that you buy the field of Naomi, you must marry Ruth and raise up a child in her dead husband’s name.” Ruth 4:5

Boaz has gone to the city gate and called for the nearer kinsman of Ruth to due his duty as kinsman redeemer. Boy, what a deal the other guy thinks. More land! Yes, now he could become a real gentleman farmer like Boaz. He greedily agrees to buy Naomi’s field. But wait, there is more. He must also marry Ruth, the Moabite widow of Naomi’s son. Now that is just too much. He wanted the land but not the lady. He was a miserable excuse for a redeemer.

But Boaz will do anything for Ruth and he has just proven the other man to be an unfaithful redeemer. Boaz is the picture of Christ who is the only Redeemer. Many others have presented themselves as the solution to all our problems. They all lie. Only Christ can and will deliver. Boaz told Ruth he would take care of things, and he did. Christ promised to take care of us, and He will.

Dear Father, Help us hold fast to Christ, our only Redeemer. Amen.

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