RUTH 2:14 : Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece
of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she
ate and was satisfied, and kept some back.
In 1949, Mr. Jack Wurm was broke and out of a job. One day as he walked along a San Francisco
beach, he came across a bottle with a piece of paper in it. The note was the last will and testament of
Daisy Singer Alexander, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune.
It read, “To avoid confusion, I leave my entire estate to the lucky person who finds this bottle and to
my attorney, Barry Cohen. Share and share alike.” In one fell swoop, Mr. Wurm was transformed from
a penniless indigent to the possessor of over $6 million dollars in cash and Singer stock. Suddenly,
he had more than enough.
Ruth experienced the same. As a destitute widow, she hoped to glean enough barley to provide a few
morsels of food for herself and Naomi. Suddenly, because of the kindness of Boaz, she had enough
to eat and even some to take home to her mother-in-law. She moved from bare necessities to an
abundance she could never have dreamed of.
When we encounter Christ, the same is true for us. We come to him with nothing to offer. Isaiah says
that “all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags” (Isa, 64:6). We are morally broken and spiritually
bankrupt. However, in a moment of time, as we open our hearts to receive the Lord, we are forever
changed.
We are washed clean, and we are filled to overflowing with the eternal riches of Christ. We are
changed from spiritual paupers to coheirs with Christ. Don’t count your wealth in terms of dollars and
cents. As a child of the King, you have more than enough to be forever satisfied.
ONLY ONE WHO IS HIMSELF MORE THAN ENOUGH CAN TRULY SATISFY