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We need the courage to trust God in tough times
We need to walk by faith, not by sight.
We need to live for eternal things, not earthly comforts.
We need to define success in God’s terms, not human terms.
We need to live in HIS ways (Humility Integrity Simplicity), not ours (cars, trophies, securities, etc.).
I need to source illustrations of this idea.
The big idea from Elimelek (whose name means “my God is king,” but whose behaviour denied confidence in God’s sovereignity) and Naomi is that they should not have fled to Moab, seeking blessing amongst the cursed.
They needed to trust God to protect and provide in the Promised Land.
We need to believe that God is good at all times
This point is based on Naomi’s descent into blaming God for her misfortunes.
She concluded that God had afflicted her and treated her harshly.
We need to guard our hearts against all temptation to blame God for wrongdoing.
We need to settle in our hearts the conviction that “God is good” when we are not suffering.
The single best tool here is a strong theology of the cross.
(Perhaps the story from Hannegraaf, Christianity in Crisis, of the train operator who sacrificed his son to save the oblivious masses.)
Irony: Naomi = pleasant, but she was Mara = bitter.
As leaders, we need to guard our hearts for from them flow the issues of life.
We need to guard against a bitter and unforgiving heart (; ; ).
We need eyes to see God at work behind the scenes
This point will be about the providence of God at work in Naomi’s life, which she could not see because she was blinded by bitterness.
Bitterness and unbelief blind us to the providential working of God among and for us.
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