“Let
your eyes be on the field which they ‘my workers’ reap.” Ruth 2:9
Is staying focused hard for you? It
is often hard for me. Constant demands, the needs of the day or the needs of
the job, beckon me to distraction. I find myself often saying, “Now, where was I?”
Ruth had to provide food for her mother and herself. She might have noticed
that reapers in other fields weren’t as conscientious as the servants of Boaz.
They might have been sloppy in their work and dropping lots of barley, and she
saw a bigger prize, more food, in another field. But Boaz said, “Don’t look
over there, stay focused.”
The world has many allurements. They
appear in all places in all designs and in all temptations. “Come over here,”
Satan calls. “It will be easier and more fun.” But Satan is and always has been
and always will be a liar. Jesus calls us to stay steadfastly in His field
following the way of His disciples as taught in His word. We don’t want to get
distracted.
Dear Father, Help me to stay focused
on the prize of Jesus. Amen
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