The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 14 March 2026
Daily Fountain Devotional 11 March 2026 TOPIC: Patience And Determination: Key Virtues
SCRIPTURE READING:Â Ruth 1:14-22
Please support 5dailydevotional.com so we can continue publishing impactful and uplifting content daily. GIVE HERE
14Â And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
15Â And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16Â And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
18Â When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19Â So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20Â And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22Â So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
TODAY’S MESSAGE
Initially, Orpah and Ruth had chosen to go with Naomi to her place. But Naomi discouraged them because age had caught up with her, so Orpah left. Ruth on the other hand, determined to stick to Naomi. Despite the negative experiences she witnessed around Naomi, she decided to set aside the bad memories of death and look forward to a better future in Naomi’s return to Bethlehem-Judah.
What a rare faith! Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Naomi, through her woes, must have communicated God’s covenant to her daughters-in-law. and probably. this is where the faith of Ruth in God grew from. Ruth may have reasoned that the same God who had allowed such calamity to come upon their household because of impatience and fathlessness. could turnit around, hence her responses: ” your God will be my God”(v.16).”.. may the Lord do this to me, and evert mere. if arrything but death seperates you and me”(v.17) Ruth was determined: she would prefer to go on the journey of faith with God patiently, though the future looked uinclear. We must learn from her decision. God is a rewarder of all who diligently seek him.
PRAYER: Lond, please keep me going until you bring me into your promises. Help me make the right choices and wait on you Amen!
