Welcome to Truth for Life where we are studying the story of Ruth, a widowed Moabite living in a foreign land and caring for her poor Jewish mother-in-law.

Ruth played a critical role in God's overarching plan, but do you think she

realized that at the time?

Today, Alistair Begg looks at Ruth's response to her circumstances and God's providential

provision.

Alistair is teaching from Ruth, Chapter 2.

Thank you. is teaching from Ruth chapter 2. Everything that God gives any of us, and every opportunity of obtaining what we need

are undeserved mercies from the giver of every good. When a man or a woman, when a young person actually

believes that and has that written into the corner of their existence, then it will transform

how we approach any task and every day. Everything that God gives us, and every opportunity of obtaining what we

need is an undeserved expression of his favor. And in a society that is preoccupied with its

rights, the Word of God calls us to focus on privileges. that is preoccupied with its rights.

The Word of God calls us to focus on privileges.

So Naomi, who doubtless might have wished for better circumstances for both herself and Ruth,

responds kindly in just a little phrase, she says, go ahead, my daughter. In other words, I wish that

it was very different from this, Ruth. I wish I could have brought you back to a really nice

place. I wish we'd been able to come back at a different level. I wish that we'd been able

to slot right back in to wonderful circumstances. And here you are out picking up aluminium cans, you know,

or the equivalent of, and you're doing it because you love me and because you say you love God now.

Yeah, go on, my daughter.

Incidentally, in passing, parents have to learn to respond to the good graces of their children in an equally

graceful fashion. There are many children who, in endeavoring to do well for their parents or for

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