Boaz - The Right Thing at the Right Time

It is easy I believe for us to dawn our warrior face and take initiative to do the task before us.   Sometimes it is just small things like fixing things that are broken, working on projects that we just want over and done with for example.   There are so many things that we face in life that we often "man up" on to tackle head on.   However, taking a moment to look things over, may give us light to see how we should correctly respond to the task.   As we read about Boaz, let's see how he handles the task presented to him.

Intro

• Ruth 2: 1- 4
  • What are some of the characteristics we see about Boaz from what we just read?
• Ruth 2: 5 - 13
  • We see more of his character coming out.
  • What stands out the most to you from these verses?
• Ruth 2: 14 -16
  • Boaz continues to show favor and compassion for Ruth.
  • Do you think that this was a onetime thing? Or do you think this was just who Boaz was?

Redemption

• Ruth 3: 7 - 13
  • How did Boaz react?
    • Did he rush into things?
  • How could have things been different if he had not thought things out?
• Ruth 4: 1 - 4
  • We see how well thought out Boaz's plan was to settle the matter.
  • It appears that Boaz was right in asking this man first before taking action.
• Ruth 4: 5 - 12
  • Boaz redeemed Ruth and Naomi the Right way.

Out Come

• Ruth 4: 13 -16

  • We see that without knowing, Boaz was in the lineage of David and then Jesus.

  We may never know in the moment that we do something, what the ripple effect will have later in life. Some ripples take generations to see how far impacting they are. However, as we look at Boaz, I believe we can see what an authentic man can do when he dawns the Right face at the Right time.