We Will Not Be Disappointed

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge.  Your people shall be my people and your God, my God.

Ruth 1:16

Ruth was a foreigner who married an Israelite, Elimelech.  When her husband died, she did not return to her people where she could remarry, but stayed with her mother-in-law, Orpha, as was the custom of the Israelites, even though it was likely she would die a poor widow.

Ruth rejected her former pagan religion and believed in the Almighty the God of Israel.  She trusted God and she was not disappointed.  She found a new husband, Boaz, who loved her and cared for both her and her mother-in-law. 

Ruth teaches us that we can cling to God’s promises.  Even when we cannot see a favorable outcome, God is working for us and we will not be disappointed.