CLINGER OR JUST A KISSER?
A kiss definitely doesn't declare true love! I'm sure Jesus was often kissed by his disciples–but Judas, one of his disciples, betrayed him with a kiss and so handed him over to the Pharisees, teachers of the law and the Sanhedrin to be crucified. In the book of Ruth, there were two young ladies who were being urged to leave and go back to where they came from. One of them, Orpah, kissed their mother-in-law and left but the other one clung to Naomi and would not let her go. Listen to the precious words she spoke to her mother-in-law.
Ruth 1:14-17 At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth CLUNG to her. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” But Ruth replied, “Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law but Ruth clung to her... What about you...When it comes to God, are you a clinger or just a kisser? Many go to church and even know how to say all the right Christian things, but won’t surrender and cling to God for real.
I am praying for you and believe that God sees you as a clinger! You are passionate for God and committed to him to the very end! God is proud to call you his own and is over the top, excited about his future with you! Ruth’s commitment to cling to Naomi was the right choice and because of that choice, her future was blessed! Just as Ruth made the right choice, so I believe you are making the right choice and your future is also blessed because you are a...