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Topic: -- Sunday, 9/12/10 -- DIVINE APPOINTMENTS -- Ruth 2:3
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From: "J.R. & Bonnie Ricks" <j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org>
Date: Sep 11 06:01PM -0500
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DIVINE APPOINTMENTS -- Ruth 2:3 NIV
So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. As
it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who
was from the clan of Elimelech.
"As it turned out..." If you're in any way familiar with the way the Lord
works, you'll know that it was no accident that Ruth married her first
husband. It was no accident that he died. It was no accident that Ruth had
the kind of character she did so that she would return to Bethlehem with
Naomi. It was no accident that she was the kind of person to take the
initiative in difficult situations. And it was definitely no accident that
she "found herself" gleaning in the fields owned by Boaz. God guided her
footsteps every moment, making sure not only that she ended up in the right
place at the right time, but that she had grown into the type of person she
needed to be in order to fulfill God's purpose for her. God made Ruth and
Boaz for each other, and in His divine wisdom He made sure to get them
together. When you think about it, getting those two together was virtually
impossible by human standards. By all rights, they should never have met,
much less married. But if God was capable of creating the universe, it's an
easy matter for Him to arrange a divine appointment, no matter how remote
the possibility looks to you and me.
About 30 years ago, I became friends with a woman when she took a job as a
secretary in my office. She and her husband had been traveling across
country to Dallas to look for work, but they ended up stranded in the city
where I lived without enough money to repair their car. She and I remained
friends, even though I moved to Houston about a year after we met. Several
years later, the Lord allowed me to lead that woman to Him. Her car broke
down because she had a divine appointment to meet me. I was working in a
job that I hated because I had a divine appointment with her. Until that
night in her living room, I had never thought about God arranging for us to
meet. Now I know He did.
I can look back over my life and see so many times that I met someone at
exactly the time God wanted us to meet.... the man who led me to Jesus was
on a four-hour layover between flights and "found himself" at an antique
automobile auction. He later told me he had no idea why he felt compelled
to go into that building until he ran into me. It was then he knew that the
Spirit had urged him to be at the most important divine appointment of my
life! And there is also the man who is now my husband. Looking back, we
both know that our meeting was planned by God. All we had to do was show up
for our divine appointment, even though neither of us suspected what God had
in mind for us that day.
In everything that happens in your life, remember that there are no
accidents. God has a purpose and a plan... Be open to His divine
appointments - and make sure you show up!
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