The Measure of a Faithful Life

It’s doubtful that Naomi and Ruth ever gave a thought to the possible impact of their lives. Given their obscurity and the shattered nature of their circumstances, they were simply hoping to have some semblance of a life at all. But God’s economy does not yield itself easily to human measurement or estimation. Often the greatest faith and faithfulness are demonstrated by those with the least, facing the most difficult. And often, those are the very lives of greatest significance and most enduring impact. Ruth 4:1-22 brings our story to a telling end and surprising conclusion, in a message entitled, “The Measure of a Faithful Life”. (Fifth in an expositional series of messages on Ruth: Faithful Lives in Fateful Times).