More Than Enough | Daily Devotional 1659

You're listening to the My Morning Devotional Podcast, episode 1659. Today's Devo is called More Than Enough.

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Well, welcome back, everybody, and happy Thursday. We're so excited to continue in our study of the book of Ruth, and we're gonna keep working and reading through Ruth chapter two. We wanted to come in here, and so a couple of us girls are gonna recap Ruth chapter two. So you heard from Lauren yesterday. Today I get to join you, and tomorrow you're gonna hear from Rochelle. So that's really special. But I want to read from the verses 14 through 18. And we're gonna read a part of this story because now Ruth and Boaz have have met. They are they are together, they're working together, they're serving alongside of one another. And truly, what's happening at this point in the story is that Ruth was following behind all of the workers. And she was in Boaz's field, and he was this great uh man at the time, and he had a lot. He had a very abundant life. And Ruth comes, and because she didn't have much or have much, now she's following him. And I want to pick it up here in verse 14. It says, at mealtime, Boaz said to her, her being Ruth, come over here, have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar. Now, this is a huge deal because the fact that the owner of the field, the owner of the land, would call on her to come to him. This is huge because she wasn't even someone that he hired. It wasn't even a servant that he allowed in his home. It was someone that would follow behind his servants. And so it's one thing for the owner to call a servant over, it's another thing for the owner to call someone that is lesser than, in this picture and in this time, she would be less than his servants. So he says to her, Come over here, have some bread, dip it in the wine vinegar, come and enjoy what we're eating. When she sat down with the harvesters, the harvesters being his servants, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. Talk about abundance. As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, let her gather among the sheaves and don't reprimand her. Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up and don't rebuke her. So twice he's saying, Hey, let her be here and leave her alone, basically. She's allowed to do this. Verse 17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening, then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough. What we're seeing here is that Boaz has this abundant land. He had so much food even at the dinner, there was more to left over. And then in that dinner, after he was generous and he gave her a spot at the table, after he called her over, he then said, I want her to stay here. I want her to glean after the harvesters. Whatever she takes is hers. And he protected her. You see, this is the heart of generosity that all of us need to have. It was out of Boaz's abundance that he blessed Ruth. So the question for all of us is how can we do that today? How can we learn from Boaz? How can we live generously? You see, in Ruth's lowest season, Boaz was a blessing. In verse 14, Boaz invites Ruth to share a meal. He gives her food until she's satisfied and has some left over. Here's what's incredible about whenever there's blessings from the Lord, you always have some left over. When it's a blessing from God, there's always an abundance. You see it here with Ruth and Boaz. You saw it when he multiplied the bread and the fish, there was fish and bread left over. The Bible talks about his promises and his blessings are going to be so big that there's not room enough to contain. They're going to be rushing over. You see, when God blesses you, we're going to have an abundance that's running over. There will be leftovers for us. So the question for all of us is in that abundance and through that blessing that the Lord gives us, how can we bless other people? How can we make it about somebody else? In this season of thanks or the season of Thanksgiving that we're all coming to, it's so easy to be so focused on what we need, what we're missing, what we don't have, on the blessings that, oh man, if I could just get a little bit extra here, if I could just save a little bit more money here, if I could just survive this Thanksgiving and make enough money to pay off the meal on Thanksgiving Day, we could be so focused on us. But today I want us to look at the life of Boaz, where Boaz says, because of the abundance that God has given me, because of the life that I have, who can I bless? And I'd say this whether you're in abundance or you're in lack, there's someone out there you can bless. Whether you have some left over, or you're counting your pennies to make sure you have enough, there's somebody that you can bless. There's somebody that you can be generous with. Because generosity isn't just in one way. You see, there's financial generosity, but there's also being generous with your time, being generous with your effort. You can be generous with your words of encouragement. You see, you can make a home-cooked meal for somebody, or send them a loving text, or simply just say, hey, I'm here if you need me. However, generosity looks for you, then today make it a point to think about giving and about blessing somebody else. Let's all look at the life of Boaz and say, I want to be him today. How can I bless somebody? Because he wasn't just generous with the finances, he was also generous with his covering and his protection. So my question for you is, how can you be a blessing and be generous to someone today? Let's pray about it. Lord, we just thank you for your word. We thank you, God, that we can come together. We can receive from your word, we can hear from you. And Lord, that now we can stir up a generous heart in all of us. I pray, God, that none of us would hold back today. I pray that we would get our eyes off of our situation, and Lord, we would be on the lookout for someone to bless and give towards. We thank you for it all in Jesus' name. Amen. So there you have it, your five minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your day. If you've found value in this devotional, share it with a friend, leave a comment or review for us on the app you're using right now. Until tomorrow, we pray that your latte is strong, but your love for Jesus is stronger.