Focus on Spiritual Blessings

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Ruth 2:14 “And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”

Boaz has just meet Ruth for the first time here and he has already asked her out to lunch! Our man is not slow! And we read that “she ate and was satisfied and had some left”. Is this not the result of anyone that truly meets and experiences the Lord Jesus Christ? She wasn’t disappointed as his kindness extended beyond what she expected and as we are soon to see, coming to Boaz by grace would yield more unexpected results.

So the question is: are we satisfied? Are you satisfied with Jesus? If not, then have you learned to live by grace and seen all that God has graciously provided to us as His children?

The Old Testament law had physical blessings for obedience to the law. Nearly everything was outward. “Be good and you’ll get rain, your barns will be full, and your cows will be huge.” That kind of thing. But in the New Testament, the blessings are spiritual, not physical. He has promised to provide our needs physically which is good but God is predominantly interested in inward things, not outward. Ephesians 1:3 tells us that we HAVE been blessed with EVERY SPIRITUAL blessing in Christ. Paul then goes on to tell us what these things are in Ephesisans Chapters 1-3 and it is these things that we are to focus on, be amazed at, and rest in. They are the true provision of the Lord Jesus that should satisfy us!