Resting in His Resolve

"Then said she [Naomi], sit still my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.... And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's.... Moreover Ruth... have I purchased to be my wife... ye are witnesses this day" (Ruth 3:18, 4:9,10). "The Lord Jesus Christ... shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself" (Philippians 3:20,21).

Naomi rightly counseled Ruth
To wait on Boaz, sitting still,
Resting in that certain truth
That he would finish all his will.

What a portrait here we see
Of Jesus Christ who would not rest
Until He went to Calvary
That we might be forever blessed!

Redemption's rest has been procured
By Christ who bought it on the cross.
His work alone, we are assured,
Redeems us from eternal loss.

We rest in His determination,
His great resolve that will not dim,
To change us through His great salvation,
And fashion us to be like Him.

This doesn't mean we do not work!
We have a call to press toward,
A great commission not to shirk,
Ordained by Jesus Christ our Lord!

Yet all our works could neither aid,
Nor lift that load upon Him set,
Nor lessen the redemption paid,
When Jesus died to pay our debt.

Lord, we join the blood-bought ranks
Of those that You in love pursued,
To worship You, to give You thanks,
And live our lives with gratitude.