Are you praying and preparing yourself for your Boaz? Are
you working diligently hoping that he will notice you? Are you waiting for him to appear and sweep
you off your feet, court you, date you, propose to you, and marry you? Just the
way that Boaz did Ruth? Are you sure
that is the way it happened for Boaz and Ruth?
If the story of Boaz and Ruth is your example of how you should wait for
your King, and what you are praying to God for, then you may be waiting for a
LONG time.
First, know that God's plan for you is specific, exclusive and filled with purpose. Second, if you are praying for Boaz (or a man
like him) then you have to understand that their connection was for a divine
purpose and what God has for you is going to be what you need in a husband. Third, Naomi sent Ruth to charm Boaz. Fourth, Ruth asked Boaz to marry her, and he
didn’t accept her proposal immediately, because there was a kinsman before
Boaz, that had the right to marry Ruth first, (I won’t even mention the huge
age difference or the fact he died shortly after the wedding).
The Book of
Ruth is not a love story, of sorts. Well
at least not the Eros type of love, the love that we desire to have, but more
about the Storge type of love that Ruth had for Naomi. The Book of Ruth doesn’t truly fit, into our
fantasies, dreams and prayers about the path that we desire to follow to find
love or marriage, and honestly, I think
because the story of Boaz and Ruth is what many women pray for; it is one of
the main reasons (in my opinion) that there are so many women, who are single, waiting and
bitter, more like Naomi, than Ruth. If
you read Ruth 3, you can clearly see where Naomi devises the plan to have Ruth
bathe, perfume down and adorn herself in her best, in order to charm Boaz that he would consider marrying her. Then after a night of feasting and in a Great mood, Boaz goes to sleep, and at this time Ruth places
herself at his feet. Boaz awakes
and notices her lying there, she has laid her cover over his feet, which in that day and age
was a proposal of marriage, LADIES. This was the intent of Naomi’s plan, however, it was a part of God’s divine plan, and God has His divine plan for you as it
pertains to marriage too. So, I ask, is this
what you really want? Because if you are praying for a Boaz, then these may be
some of the steps you will have to take to get him.
The reason I am bringing this to
light is, because at one time I too wanted what Ruth had. I too thought if I was working the field my
Boaz would just notice me, Boaz knew who Ruth was, not only because of her stellar
work in the fields, but word of leaving her homeland to follow Naomi to her homeland, spread throughout the town
about her decision to stay with Naomi to go wherever she goes and also serve the God she serves. I too didn’t realize that Naomi’s plan was for Ruth to charm Boaz into
marrying her; as well as, not realizing that Ruth proposed to Boaz, not the
other way around. Out of pure ignorance,
and what I would hear preached, I desired a Boaz. But God said, “No”!!!!! That’s not whom I
have for you, Boaz was Ruth’s husband, and the only thing your husband and Boaz
will have in common is, they both will have served me. So, stop praying that dead prayer and begin
to pray that I send you whom I have for you.
Seek the kingdom, work the fields, work
My ministry, and be busy about Me, God.
Find a true healing for yourself, keep your body, keep your mind focused
on me, and I will send you whom and what you need. Boaz wouldn’t be able to compete. So ladies,
I pray that you change your prayers, as it pertains to your mate. Get yourself right, so when your (enter his name here), finds you, he
would have found his good thing!!!!
