Christian Devotional – March 1, 2025

Ruth’s Example, Day 8

Wait. Read Ruth 3:12-18.

Ruth has done everything she has been told to do. She followed Naomi’s instructions. She followed Boaz’s instructions. Now she is sitting at home waiting. Naomi reminds her that what she is supposed to be doing now is to wait.

Waiting may be the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. I like action. I like purpose. I like being intentional about what I’m doing. However, there are times when we’ve done everything we are supposed to do. The only thing we are to do at that point is to wait. God understands timing perfectly. God recognizes there is a time for things to happen. As a result, sometimes we have to wait.

It’s not that we are supposed to be doing something else, so we are not being disobedient by our inactivity. We are being obedient through our inactivity. The verses that remind us, “Be still and know that I am God,” testify of the fact that waiting is an opportunity for us to understand and know God better. Do we take our opportunities to wait when we need to? Are we waiting on God as needed?