At the beginning of the story of Ruth, we find a family who is trying to find relief from the drought. Elimelek, the husband and father, takes his family, Naomi his wife and their two sons, away from the land of Judah to look for a better life. They end up in Moab. It looked like a better place, but the Moabites didnt serve God. His two sons marry women from Moab. War broke out there and Elimelek died. Ten years later there was another war and the two boys died. Neither had any heirs. Ruth and Naomi returned to Judah, the blessed land of the Hebrew children. They were each blessed there in spite of the drought. Ruth became the great grandmother of King David. Sometimes we make a decision to leave a place where God puts us without asking Him. We don't trust Him to take care of us in the midst of a storm. When we walk away from God's plan for our lives, we fall into a pit. When we return to our place of blessing we are restored. Trusting God means not running from the discomfort of what seems to be a problem situation. It means recognizing that God is the shelter in the storm and that He is working even when we can't see it. The grass isn't greener on the other side and we don't know what God is doing until He sees fit to show us. If God has you in a place of discomfort, be still and know that He is God.
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