6 december 2025
BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS
Daily Bible Reading
Ruth 2 – Grace in the Unknown Field
When God opens doors in everyday life
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Introduction
It begins quietly. No voices from heaven, no angel, no dream, no prophet. Just a young woman who gets up early in the morning, an older mother-in-law who remains silent, and a field somewhere on the outskirts of Bethlehem. Nothing about it seems holy — and yet right in the middle of a dusty path begins a story of divine providence that still moves hearts centuries later.
Ruth is not looking for miracles. She is simply looking for a few ears of grain so that she and Naomi can survive. But when she bends down to gather the stalks, God bends down at the same time to direct her path.
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Commentary
Picture the scene:
The sun is still low. The morning mist hangs over the fields. Ruth wraps her shawl tightly, her fingers are cold, but her gaze is steady. “Let me go to the field,” she says to Naomi. No big promise, no plan — just a simple request that sounds like a prayer: Maybe I will find favor.
She knows no one. She has no name in this town, no story that counts, no family protection. She is a Moabite, a foreigner, a widow. In Israel that means: you are the last in line, if anyone notices you at all.
But there is this field. No voice telling her, “This is the right place.” No lights, no signs. She simply goes, following the sound of the sickles and the rhythm of the harvesters. Dust rises. Men call to one another. Kernels fall heavy to the ground.
And then Boaz comes.
He does not come with pride but with a blessing: “The Lord be with you!” The workers answer: “The Lord bless you!” — and suddenly it is clear: a different spirit rules here. Someone works here who knows God not just as religion, but as presence.
Boaz does not look past Ruth. He asks, “Whose young woman is this?” She is just one face among the sheaves, but something about her stands out: humility, diligence, loyalty — a heart that does not demand but receives.
Boaz listens, hears the story of how she left her country, her family, her security — so that an old woman would not be left alone. There is something in her life that is bigger than origin.
“Stay on my field,” he finally says. “I have instructed my men not to bother you. And when you are thirsty, go to the jars and drink from what the servants have drawn.”
Ruth trembles. She bows low. “Why have I found favor in your eyes? I am a foreigner.”
Boaz knows why. Because God recognizes faith in strangers. Because God rewards loyalty even when no one else sees it. Because grace paves the way before it is earned.
At midday Boaz calls her to eat. Bread. A piece to dip in vinegar. Roasted grain. Not a feast, just simple food — but enough for Ruth to be satisfied and to have leftovers. Then he gives a quiet order to his workers: “Leave some stalks on purpose. Do not shame her. Let her gather.”
Ruth knows nothing of these conversations. She keeps collecting until sunset. Her hands are tired, her back aches, but when she beats out what she has gathered, it is an ephah of barley — nearly 20 kilograms. More than enough for two women. More than enough for a future.
When she returns home, Naomi sees the grain — and her eyes widen. “Blessed be he by the Lord, who has not stopped showing kindness to the living and the dead.”
Finally, a name appears: Boaz.
A man. A relative. A redeemer. A carrier of hope hidden in dust, grain, and a simple meal.
In complete silence God begins a story that starts in Bethlehem — and will end many generations later in Bethlehem, in a stable, where another kind of grain would grow: the Bread of Life.
All through a woman who simply got up, went, and gathered.
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Summary
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Ruth seeks work, not pity.
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God “by chance” leads her to Boaz’s field.
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Boaz sees her character and blesses her with protection, water, food, and extra sheaves.
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Ruth works faithfully until evening.
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Naomi recognizes God’s hand behind it.
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Message for us today
God works in the everyday, not only in the supernatural.
Not every leading is a vision — sometimes it is a field, an opportunity, a kind word.
Grace expresses itself practically.
Not in theories, but in bread, water, safety, and respect.
Faithfulness attracts divine provision.
Ruth did what she could — God did what she could not.
“Coincidence” is God’s hidden path.
What we do not plan, God arranges.
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Thought to ponder
What “fields” exist in my life today where God wants to bless me — but I must go there before I discover them?
Maybe it is a phone call.
Maybe a task that seems insignificant.
Maybe a person you are supposed to meet today.
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4 – 6 December 2025
BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS
Weekly Reading – Spirit of Prophecy
Ellen White | Patriarchs and Prophets – Chapter 46
The Blessings and the Curses | When walls break before faith
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BLOG 3
The People Respond
Blessing and Curse for Generations
Introduction
Not only warriors, but mothers and children also heard the Law. In Shechem, the inheritance was not only land, but truth.
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Commentary
Children sat on their fathers’ shoulders, girls held their mothers’ hands, foreigners stood beside long-established tribes. Everyone listened. No one was excluded. Words did not flow into chambers but across a valley vibrating with voices.
The priests read out the statutes. Across fields and streams one could hear commandments about justice, upbringing, relationships, and remembering God’s deeds. Everyone heard, everyone understood— not through complicated speeches, but through clear, unmistakable truth.
Moses had commanded that the Law be read aloud every seven years. Not because God loves repetition, but because people forget.
Satan sows forgetfulness faster than truth grows — that is why truth must be planted again and again.
The words reached hearts, not just ears. These were words children would repeat in their sleep, words fathers would tell by the fire, words that would stand in houses like invisible inscriptions.
Here faith was not lived privately, but publicly.
A people listened.
A people responded.
A people confessed — together, loudly, deliberately.
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Summary
The Law is read to the entire people, including children and foreigners, to renew the covenant and keep God’s commands in memory.
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Message for us today
– Faith grows through repeatedly hearing God’s Word.
– Children need visible, audible, regular encounters with biblical truth.
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Thought to ponder
What spiritual truths should you read aloud today — not just think?
