Daily EncouragementSample

How hard it is sometimes to sit still and wait to see what happens! It is particularly so when a course of action which seems right and proper has been followed and the prospects for a successful outcome seem favourable. All this is accentuated when one is in love and the possibility of marriage, with all its blessings, is in the air! How often an unexpcted issue seems to hinder the progress of an otherwise perfect plan. “And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask . . . Although it is true that I am near of kin, there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I” (Ruth 3:11-12). Why should this other person be allowed to appear and threaten the outcome which seems so right and desirable? God often works this way, and part of his purpose is to teach us to wait on him. How safe it is to trust in God. “Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate . . .” (Ruth 4:1). Humanly speaking, we hold our breath as the matter proceeds, and yet in our hearts we know that the outcome is in the hands of God. “So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife . . . and she gave birth to a son” (Ruth 4:13).