We Must be Found at the Threshing Floor

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Ruth 3:2 “And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight.”

The threshing floor is all about separating the true wheat or grain from the chaff and this process is used in the N.T as an example of Jesus’ judgment between the righteous and the unrighteous (Matt 3:12, 13:24-30). Grain is produced through this refining process. This also happens in our life and usually involves trials that refine our faith and cause us to put our life back into the hands of the one who owns it – our Lord.

In the verse above, Naomi became a matchmaker between Ruth and Boaz through the threshing floor. Naomi had a greater vision for Ruth. She could see something better for Ruth than just being a worker in Boaz’s field. She could see Ruth fully redeemed, loved, and honored as a wife. But it wasn’t going to be easy and would involve Ruth placing herself at the feet of Boaz, totally reliant upon his will. As we go on in our Christian life, it is necessary for us to be found on the threshing floor, at the feet of our Lord Jesus all the time.