Daily Devotion 09/06/18

Ruth 3:13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

Boaz not only loved with a protecting love, he also loved with a self-sacrificing love. He was agreeing to marry Ruth which would mean that he would also purchase all the land of Ruth’s dead husband. He agreed to pay that high price for the land knowing that when they had a son, all that land would go to him immediately. He then would not receive any profit from the land. Yet, Boaz was willing to sacrifice all that for Ruth. It was a self-sacrificing love. This is the love that God wants husbands and wives to show each other. This is true love. Sacrificing your wants and your desires for your spouse. Every day we are given the opportunity to show this self-sacrificing love. Look for the opportunities to carry out that love today.

Dear Jesus, you’ve loved me with a self-sacrificing love. I know I’m going to have plenty of opportunities to show this same love today. Help me to see the opportunities and then motivate me to love in a self-sacrificial way. Amen.