Tamar. Rahab. Ruth. Bathsheba. Mary. Each one is blessed and honored to be named in the royal genealogy of our Saviour. Each one speaks to us of God’s right to act according to His sovereign will. “All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:2828And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)). Each one speaks to us of God’s need to act according to His heart and not according to man’s heart or faithfulness. Each one is a shining example of our God of all grace working according to His own purposes of love and blessing.
Faith lays hold on the heart of God and is blessed, not by what one deserves, but by what is in the heart of God. Ruth is a beautiful example of God’s heart toward each of us and His sovereign work for us and in us to secure our good according to the riches of His glory and grace.