Reflections from Lorrie's Laptop - Imagine That Part 4

• Mar. 29, 2006 - Imagine That Part 4

In Part 3 you will find the answers to:

What do you need a daily dose of in order to be effective at the jobs God has given you?
What kind of prayer do I try to pray every day?

What 2 character traits did Ruth display that women need to utilize every day in order to be successful at their work and pleasing to the Lord?

REDEEMING GRACE

Just as God favored Ruth, God has graciously favored each one of us. We have been graciously accepted through Christ. He has chosen YOU to be His representative, to reflect His glory in this world that so desperately needs to see Him. Do you feel unable?

Are you depending on the power of the Holy Spirit to be and do what God has chosen for you? Think about the responsibilities that God has given you as a woman in this season of your life. Are you consciously depending on the power of the Holy Spirit? Are you seeking a fresh, daily filling of His Holy Spirit in your life?

When you became a Christian, the Bible says the Holy Spirit began to live inside of you. He has never left. Yet we are told we are to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit. One prayer I often pray goes something like this,

"Jesus, please fill me with Your Holy Spirit today. Here I am doing the things I do every day. I think I'm capable and know how to do them. But I also know the truth, that wihout You I won't get anything done that really matters. I want to do things with an eternal perspective today. Lord, I ask You to overshadow me, to fill me with Your Spirit. Then, I know that my work today will be supernatural."

Remember God’s promise to use everything for good to those who love Him? In Ruth’s case we get to see how He redeemed her hardship. She stoops so low, she has to glean corn in order to eat but God had a plan He works out in remarkable circumstances.

Ruth’s humility and diligence in gleaming corn, God’s providential grace directing her to Boaz’s field, the great favor Boaz showed her in many instances (verses 4–16), and Ruth’s return to Naomi, were all steps for Ruth and Boaz to become Jess’s grandparents. Jesse’s youngest son was King David. Ruth, of the Gentile church, was grafted into the line of Christ the King and taken in among his ancestors. (Isaiah 54:1).

Bunches of Blessings,

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"´¨`·.. * Lorrie *. .·´¨`"

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• Mar. 29, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by mistresninos

Excellent reminder of where our strength should come from. Thanks.

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• Apr. 4, 2006 - Ruth

Posted by lrapps

Lorrie, it is so encouraging to me that God used Ruth when she was just going along doing everyday stuff. She wasn't serving at church or evangilizing her neighbors, she was just feeding her family. Not that we shouldn't do these things, but we should remember that God works through us in the everyday too.

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Lorrie is known for her humorous and gentle words of encouragement to other keepers of the home. She is happily married to Randy and the mother of 8 children. A popular homeschool convention speaker and author, Lorrie is also the publisher of TEACHmagazine.