Breakthrough

"One Year Bible" Old Testament Hisrory Passage
Ruth 2:1-4:22

"May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the Lord will give you from this young woman." Ruth 4:12 (NKJV)

I love the Book of Ruth. It is a story of love and honor in the midst of the tumultuous time of the Judges. It is a story of BREAKTHROUGH.

The story of the birth of Perez is found in Genesis 38. Ruth and Naomi's story is similar in that God turned a hopeless situation into an advance of His Kingdom. The name Perez means BREAKTHROUGH. At the beginning of Ruth, an entire family is desolate. Naomi changes her name to Mara, meaning "bitter" (Ruth 1:20). At the end, a child is born pointing toward a future of redemption.

That's how God works. He takes hopeless situations and creates a masterpiece. He allows the possibilities to diminish until only a God-sized breakthrough can change things. Then He DOES IT!

I love the Book of Ruth.