Ruth 4:15
15 And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age…
Famine
impoverished the life of Naomi, an Israelite. But it was the deaths of
her husband and two sons that left her completely destitute. (Ruth
1:1–5) Or so she thought, until Boaz, who was a wealthy and close
relative, entered her life.
As her kinsman-redeemer, Boaz married
Ruth, Naomi’s widowed daughter-in-law. And through that union, Naomi
had a grandson. The birth of her grandson gave her a new lease of life,
causing the womenfolk in her village to declare that the restorer of
life and the nourisher of her old age had come into her life. (Ruth
4:14–16)
Boaz is a picture of Jesus, our
kinsman-redeemer. Jesus became our kinsman when He was born into this
world as one like us. And He became our Redeemer when He paid with His
life and blood at the cross to redeem us.
Jesus gave Himself to us as our
restorer of life and nourisher of our old age. When the restorer of life
is in our lives, what we have lost can be restored. (Joel 2:25−26) And
with the nourisher of our old age in us, our bodies can be gloriously
renewed even though we advance in our years.
That is why when Moses died at the
age of 120, his eyes were not dim and his natural vigor was not
diminished. (Deuteronomy 34:7) Caleb, at 85 years old, could still drive
out the giants from the land. God had literally nourished his body and
made it strong for war. (Joshua 14:11) Sarah was certainly rejuvenated
in her old age by God for she was still desirable to a king at the age
of 90. (Genesis 20:1–2) God even renewed her womb. She received strength
to conceive seed (Hebrews 11:11), giving birth to Isaac in her old age.
Beloved, God is outside of time and
your faith in Him brings you into this timeless zone. There, what the
years have stolen will be restored. And even as your years increase, you
will not grow weak and weary because the restorer of life and nourisher
of your old age is in you!
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