Look in Part 2 for the answers to the following questions:

• What was it about Ruth that caused God to richly reward her?
• What can we do that pleases God?
• Where will we find the grace of God?

HUMBLE GRACE

Have you heard the little ditty, “The Will of God will never lead you where the Grace of God cannot keep you?” Ruth could attest to the truth of this statement.

Grace is the power and the desire to do God's will. It comes from our Father. God not only gives us the power to do what He wants, but also the desire to do it. That desire comes from God's energizing Spirit within us that gives us the ability to do things we cannot do in and of ourselves.

So this is not something natural. It's supernatural. How do we get supernatural grace in the everyday difficulties we encounter? It is when we are at the end of ourselves and are willing to accept the strength, wisdom, and power beyond our own. That comes from our Father. It comes through His Word. It comes in humility, just acknowledging we do not have what we need apart from Him.

That word "humility"--perhaps that's the key to all of this. The Scripture says in 1 Peter and in James,

"God pours grace on the humble."

Honesty is part of humility – going before the Lord and saying, "I cannot handle this situation. I need You Lord, to love through me, to respond through me, to live Your life through me."

That humility is what brings the grace of God to bear in our lives, and then gives us, by His grace, the desire and the power to be the obedient woman God wants us to be in any situation--no matter how difficult.

Bunches of Blessings,

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