Ruth, a Moabite, gives up everything to follow and take care of Naomi, her Jewish widowed mother-in-law. God blesses Ruth with a husband and a son. However, that is just the tip of the iceberg! What else is God up to? How will God use our faithfulness and obedience? The impact might extend far beyond what we’ll ever know or imagine.
The Bible contains an Upper Story and Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful, other times appalling particulars of human experience. God uses real-life people to carry out his plan and purpose! Let’s meet some of those people, and see how God uses them.