“Going Home”
Ruth 1:1-22
By: Pastor
April 14, 2019
Moab was not that far away from Bethlehem-Judah. The most it could have been was 50 miles according to historians.
When they left, they did not expect to stay there as long as they did, for 10 long years.
When daddy dies spiritually in a home, the kids will die next.
Moab is not that far away, it’s just a little ways down the road.
You’re going to die going down that road to Moab.
You’ll never satisfied in the land of Moab is you’re saved.
Going home:
- Takes courage
Naomi has to go back home alone as she lost her husband and sons in the land of Moab.
She had to work up her courage to go back home.
Traveling along was a dangerous thing to do, so it took a lot of courage for Naomi to go back.
- It is a challenge to go home.
She had to get over her pride.
She had to get over her being poor.
She went out full but she came back empty. She had a full family and was full spiritually when she left, but she came home alone and empty spiritually.
Moab is pulling so hard and it is killing our churches today.
3 It takes a change
She had to realize it was God she was fighting.
She had to change her heart towards God.
She had to repent, she had to change. She had to realize that what happened is because of God.
As long as your problem is somebody else’s you’ll never change.
She didn’t want to be the same old Naomi any longer.
When true repentance breaks out, everyone will know it.
- There’s a lot of crying on the way
She had to break ties with the land of Moab, because Moab gets a grip on you that is hard to get off.
She could not get Orpah out of Moab, and that had to break her heart.
It’s not easy to get out of Moab. It’s not impossible, but it is very hard.
- There is comfort in Bethlehem
The best people were found in Bethlehem.
Moab never will comfort you; you’ll be in the land of Moab alone.
Your best friends will be found in the house of God, not in the land of Moab.
You have to make all the steps to come back home.