Ruth 2:12 "May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
Despite somewhat desperate circumstances, God blesses and rewards Ruth. He provides for her a kinsmen redeemer who essentially rescues her from her situation. God rewarded her for being a virtuous woman.
The historical application of Ruth's story is that like Boaz, Jesus is our kinsmen redeemer and has paid our debt and rescued us. We all have sin and shame and junk in our lives. We have this "debt" and Jesus has paid it for us. He stepped into our situation, out of his great love for us to redeem, rescue, and save us. I once was indebted to my sin, and now am forever indebted to Jesus. I was once a slave to sin, but am now free!
Dear Jesus, thank you for redeeming me! Amen.
