David Rathel - August 6, 2023
RUTH Got Back Up
RUTH GOT BACK UP THROUGH LOYALTY Ruth 1:14-18 (NASB77) And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15Then she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. 17“Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.” 18When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
From Series: "Get Back Up"
The fighter is knocked down. His face is bludgeoned, swollen and bleeding. His body aches. The arena is spinning out of control. The crowd boos and hisses his name. Every cell in his body is screaming out the words: “STAY DOWN!” What’s he gonna do? What are you going to do? In the fearsome fight of life, every one of us has been knocked down. That’s your test! That’s when you find out who you are. Your decision to get back up isn’t a fight against your opponent. It’s a fight against yourself! God has never allowed one of his children to be knocked down without also giving him the ability to get back up. The most beautiful thing in the Christian life is when a believer has been knocked down and gets back up. The reason it’s so beautiful is because it’s so rare. Together, let’s make it commonplace. Let’s be the comeback congregation. Take a deep breath. Look up to heaven one last time. And… GET BACK UP!
