who became the grandfather of King David
and if Jesus is from the lineage of David, it
follows that the choice Ruth made placed
her amongst the ancestors of Jesus Christ so
when the genealogy of Jesus is read, Ruth is
also mentioned. No one knows what became
of her sister-in-law Orpah, who made a choice
to remain in the land of Moab, she moved into
obscurity as the Bible never mentioned her
again.
Lot also made a choice; there was strife
between his herds men and the herds men
of Abraham, his uncle and Abraham noted
that they could no longer live together and
asked Lot to choose a different dwelling place
for himself. Lot chose to go to Sodom and
Gomorrah and from the moment he arrived,
he began to experience misfortune, the first
being that he was taken hostage when a
small group of kings fought against the kings
of Sodom and Gomorrah. On this occasion,
Abraham went to war to rescue him. The next
misfortune was the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah in which he lost his married daughters, his wife and all his substance. The man
who went into Sodom with great substance
came out empty. As if that were not bad
enough, his two daughters who survived the
disaster entered into an incestuous relationship with him. You may wonder how all this
calamity befell one man. The answer is simple;
the choice he made ultimately unmade him.
Ruth made a choice; Orpah made a
choice, Lot made a choice. Their choices
yielded for them different results. Ruth was
made by the choice she made; Orpah and Lot
were unmade by the choices they made.
Our choices are powerful and they
have the ability to make or unmake us. Therefore, as people created and destined for greatness we must exercise caution as we make
choices.
You will make choices today; what will
they make you?
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