Thoughts for another day

March 12, 2010

Today's verse: Ruth 1:6b. …for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

When reading the Bible, sometimes, we come upon a Word which if we gloss through means nothing, yet when we’re focused it speaks much to us and talks of God clearly. This is enough for a life time, and there have been people who’re influenced by that one scripture that’s changed them completely.

Our scripture verse today is a similar type and when read with the goggles of faith God becomes real as if He were before us. Read it carefully and you’ll understand, ‘…the LORD had visited His people in giving them bread!’ As we move on in this reflection, the fact remains that God is everywhere so you might say, ‘What does this visiting mean?’ Yes God is everywhere and knows everything, but when the Word of God says visit, it means God’s graciousness is manifested. His Presence becomes known to the elements around…the atmosphere is filled with His fragrance and it’s time for us to recognize His visitation.

I draw much comfort from our scripture Because I know that God may be angry with us just as He would have been with the Israelites during the period of the judges at the time of Ruth, when each one did as they deemed right and many worshipped false Gods forgetting their true God who had been with them and helped them at every step. Therefore, God chose to leave them at their fates and with their ‘gods’. And then trouble came upon them. There was a famine in the country with no food to eat. Then comes our scripture which speaks of God’s visit and it is marvelous because we understand that God visited His people giving them bread.

My take from this is, if there’s a famine in your life, appeal to God. Write Him a note on your malady, no matter what it be and ask Him to visit you. Sometime later, He will visit and He will move your situation away. Yes, His presence will do it. Glorify Him then and forget not His mercy, rather proclaim His goodness to the world.