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December 10
Thursday


A MERE
HAPPENING?

READ:
Ruth 2:1-12
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Huang, a nonbeliever, was a visiting scientist at the University of Minnesota in 1994. While there, he met some Christians and enjoyed their fellowship. So when they learned he would be returning to Beijing, they gave him the name of a Christian to contact who was also moving there.

On the flight back to Beijing, the plane encountered engine trouble and stopped in Seattle overnight. The airline placed Huang in the same room with the very person he was to contact! Once they arrived in Beijing, the two began meeting weekly for a Bible study, and a year later Huang gave his life to Christ. This was not just a mere happening; it was by God's arrangement.

In Ruth 2, we read that Ruth came "to the part of the field belonging to Boaz" (v.3). Boaz asked his servants who she was (v.5), which prompted his special consideration toward her. When Ruth asked him the reason for such kindness, Boaz replied, "It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law.... The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you" (vv.11-12).

Did the events in the lives of Ruth and Huang just happen? No, for none of God's people can escape God's plans to guide and to provide.
__Albert Lee
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`````````````````````I know who holds the future,````````````````
````````````````````And I know who holds my hand;``````````````
```````````````````With God things don't just happen--`````````````
`````````````````Everything by Him is planned. __Smith```````````
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A "mere happening" may be God's design.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Ruth 2:1-12****************

1 There was a relative of
Naomi's husband, a man of
great wealth, of the family of
Elimelech. His name was
Boaz. 2 So Ruth the
Moabitess said to Naomi,
"Please let me go to the field,
and glean heads of grain after
him in whose sight I may
find favor." And she said to
her, "Go, my daughter."

3 Then she left, and went
and gleaned in the field after
the reapers. And she
happened to come to the part
of the field belonging to
Boaz....

5 Then Boaz said to his
servant who was in charge of
the reapers, "Whose young
woman is this?" 6 So the
servant...said, "It is the
young Moabite woman who
came back with Naomi from
the country of Moab....

8 Then Boaz siad to Ruth,
"You will listen, my
daughter, will you not? Do
not go to glean in another
field, nor go from here, but
stay close by my young
women. 9 Let your eyes be
on the field which they reap,
and go after them...."

10 So she fell on her face,
bowed down to the ground,
and said to him, "Why have I
found favor in your eyes, that
you should take notice of me,
since I am a foreigner?"

11 And Boaz answered and
said to her, "It has been fully
reported to me, all that you
have done for your mother-
in-law.... 12 The LORD
repay your work, and a full
reward be given you by the
LORD God of Israel, under
whose wings you have come
for refuge."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

It is a wonderful reminder of God's grace to the world that a non-
Jewish person (Ruth) would be given a place in the genealogy, not
only of King David (Ruth 4:17) but of Christ Himself (Matt. 1:5).
__Bill crowder