Ruth: The Silver Lining
“The Bible’s Cinderella Story”
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When we chase after God, there is always a silver lining!

Ruth
	Good things happen when bad things end.
	Faith is not denying hardship, but trusting in God’s favor.
	God wants to restore us and then lead us to a better course of life!

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	Providence matters
	Planning matters
	Legacy matters

God’s providence matters
	Providence is the combination of love and sovereignty
	We think of God working in extraordinary ways
		Burning bush not burning
		Donkey speaking
		Joseph from zero to hero
		Fish swallows a man
		Sea parts in half
		Fire from heaven
		Angels appearing
		3,000 committed to Jesus
	God often makes himself real through ordinary ways
	That is why hope is so powerful

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” - Ecclesiastes 3:11

Personal planning matters
	Setting terms in a negotiation is honoring
	When faced with obstacles, rely on God’s wisdom
	Honoring family pleases God

Our legacy matters
	Look for blessings through community
	Follow God’s path of consummation
		
		5 consummations in marriage
			Soul: Emotional, Sociological, Spiritual
			Legal
			Physical

	God loves to create legacies through unlikely people.
	
	Like Boaz…			Jesus…
	is a relative to Naomi		became a man
	who was not obligated		isn’t obligated
	who redeemed Ruth		redeems us
	satisfies the law			satisfies the law
	who paid the price		paid the ultimate price
	loves Ruth as his bride		looks at the Church as His bride
	who shared his inheritance	shares with us the inheritance

Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, Jesse had David, David had Solomon (Uriah’s wife was the mother), Solomon… Jacob had Joseph, Mary’s husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus – the Jesus who was called Christ. – Matthew 1:1-16

Jesus takes us as we are and never leaves us that way.