Ruth- Part 4
February 25th, 2024
“It’s Time To D.T.R.”
Text: Ruth 3
D.T.R. =
Ruth 3:1-2 NLT
1 One day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it’s time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for.
2 Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
Ruth 3:3 NLT
3 Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
Ruth 3:4-6 NLT
4 Be sure to notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth replied.
6 So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.
Even if you don’t get it , God can still it .
Ruth 3:7-9 NLT
7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
8 Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet!
9 Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
Guardian-Redeemer:
A relative who had the responsibility and privilege to for a member in time of .
Song of Songs 8:4 NLT
Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right.
Ruth 3:11 NLT
11 Now don’t worry about a thing, my daughter. I will do what is necessary, for everyone in town knows you are a virtuous woman.
Ruth 3:12-13 NLT
12 But while it’s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am.
13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will talk to him. If he is willing to redeem you, very well. Let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the LORD lives, I will redeem you myself! Now lie down here until morning.”
Lessons We’re Learning
• It’s often wise to put yourself in the to the odds of meeting the .
• Don’t overlook those who are in of you.
• Sometimes you may have to what you .
• Even if you don’t get it right, God can still it .
• If you want a marriage that honors God in the , live a life that honors God .