who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead . And Naomi said unto her , the man is near of kin unto us , one of our next kinsmen .”
After this , she called Ruth and said to her , “ My daughter , shall I not seek rest for thee that it may be well with thee ?” And she sent Ruth at night to the threshing floor where Boaz would be working and gave her instructions on what to do when she got there . Ruth responded , “ All that thou sayest unto me I will do .” And she did . Boaz was willing to perform the duty of a kinsman but pointed out that there was another kinsman closer than he was . However , that kinsman was not willing to perform the duty of kinsman , and so Boaz went ahead and married Ruth . A child was born to Ruth and Boaz named Obed and Obed became the grandfather of David whose lineage ushered in Jesus Christ , the Messiah of the world . Therefore , wherever the genealogy of Christ is mentioned , Ruth a Moabitess woman is also mentioned . It is important to note that as a Moabitess , Ruth would never have entered the genealogy of Jesus because her background was polluted . The Moabites come from the man named Moab , and he was conceived in an incestuous relationship between Lot and his daughter . In addition to that , the Moabites were idolaters . However , what her background clearly denied Ruth , her vision to support her aged mother-in-law procured for her .
The Leadership Lessons from the Life of Ruth are ;
Leaders are selfless . Ruth was completely selfless . She never gave any thought to herself and what would become of her future if she left Moab with her mother-in-law . All her thoughts were towards Naomi . She wanted Naomi to be properly cared for and sacrificed her future to give Naomi a comfortable life .
A leader ’ s vision is always about others and never about the leader . Ambition is always about self and vision is always about others . Orpah had an ambition ; to return home , remarry and have children . And while there is nothing wrong with that , Orpah was never mentioned again . Ruth had a vision ; to go with her mother-in-law and look after her until death
A child was born to Ruth and Boaz named Obed and Obed became the grandfather of David whose lineage ushered in Jesus Christ , the Messiah of the world . Therefore , wherever the genealogy of Christ is mentioned ,
Ruth a Moabitess woman is also mentioned . It is important to note that as a Moabitess , Ruth would never have entered the genealogy of Jesus because her background was polluted
separated them . The vision of Ruth had no place in it for Ruth ; it was all about Naomi . Today , billions who have read her story , celebrate Ruth .
Leaders are listeners . Ruth listened to her motherin-law and followed her instructions to the letter . Therefore she could marry Boaz .
What a leader is unable to access because of his or her background , he or she will procure through vision . Ruth is an ancestor of Jesus Christ . She would not have become the Messiah ’ s
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