Lay It on Me

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position of success in your field. Was it a mother or father who helped you through school? Was it your wife or husband who believed in you when nobody else did? Did a pastor continue to encourage you, when others said you would never make it? Was it a kingdom connection God sent to connect you with other people? Never forget from where He brought you. Don't dwell on the past but always appreciate those who pulled you out of Moab (the past) and brought you into the place of blessing! H OW P ROPHECY C AME TO P ASS The inhabitants of Bethlehem spoke a prophetic word over Ruth and Boaz. They declared that their names would be famous in Bethlehem and in Ephratah. When reading the first few verses in Ruth, we see death, separation and sorrow. When we read the last few verses in the same book, we see victory, success and life. The Bible says that Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed. Obed had a son named Jesse, and Jesse had a son named David (Ruth 4:20-22). This is the same David that, many years later, was anointed to be king over all of Israel, and the same David to whom the promise of the Messiah was given. David, the youngest of Jesse's sons, was a shepherd. Shepherd or not, this young man was destined for greatness. God's eye was on him from his mother's womb. David, like Ruth, took his assignment seriously.