Ruth

I. Timeless Truth

Naomi's two daughters-in-law were Moabites, and they were all dutiful to their mother-in-law. So, when Naomi was going to leave to Judah, they wanted to go with her. It means they willingly wanted to endure the Israelites' oppression. Like this, they were equally good daughters-in-law to Naomi.

But, their lives show us extremely different endings. What made this difference? When Orpah was finally persuaded and went back to her people and to her gods(Ch.1:15), her life story was buried with her people, Moabites.On the contrary, Ruth didn't go back and followed to Naomi saying as "I will go wherever you go and live wherever you
live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God"(Ch.1:16). 

What made Ruth be blessed even though she didn't obey her mother-in-law? Was it because she served well for her mother-in-law more than Orpah?
No, there is no evidence for that. On the contrary, we can say that Orpah was the daughther-in-law who obeyed well her mother-in-law more than Ruth.
Like this, we cannot conclude who was better daughter-in-law for Naomi. Because our viewpoints are very changeable according to the time and place.

Ruth was blessed because she chose Naomi's God as her God. She did choose the timeless truth.The only timeless truth is God who created the world.  To Israelites,to Moabites and to any other tribes, only our God is only timeless truth.

II. Application

 -Personal application:

How many times I have doubted God with the point of view of humanism!  How much I was stubborn holding my fragile and changeable humanism!  Nothing is timeless truth,but God!! What do I obey still now?  Who should I obey only from now on?

 -Point of Passion Assignment

I want to be an evidence of living God to unbelievers. For this, I have to make them know how the human ideas are changeable and fragile.  I have to make them know only our God is the timeless truth in the world.  -end-