GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS

Yesterday as I was driving to 

work I was listening to Ruth on audio 

books.  When it came to Ruth 2:7

I sorta remained there as the reader 

went on.  Some reason I tend to 

do that.  I start tearing apart

the words, turning them 

upside down and inside out.
My new boss gave me a
title at my office and I guess 

it might be fitting for other areas of 

my life also.  He calls me the 

premo forensic accountant.  

I do the same with accounting, as I 

take it apart and turn it inside out

and have been able to recover

 thousands of dollars in every

offices I've worked at the last 

six years that others seem 

to let fall through the cracks. 

As I was tearing this verse apart

today, I begin to dwell
on the fact that we need more
gleaners after the reapers
going out into the fields.

Most of us go to church, we 

sit and listen to the sermon and

we go out and invite others to 

come to church with us so they 

can also sit and listen to the pastor 

teach the scripture.  Sometimes we 

share a scripture or two with a friend

or we go on a visitation trip with the 

church from time to time but as for 

gleaning we don't tend to do this often.

What I mean by gleaning is we go 

out and we find those that others have

let fall by the wayside by accident or 

even those that were tossed aside 

because they didn't quite fit into 

the perfect category some people

try to fit everyone into. There are 

some that never felt their clothing 

was perfect enough or their speech 

was etiquette enough so they fell 

by the wayside. 

Maybe our prayer should become the 

prayer of Ruth.  Lord allow me to 

glean and gather after the reapers

(our pastor's and leaders) among

the sheaves. 

God blessed Ruth in a powerful way

and even asked Boaz to drop a few 

extra barley by the wayside for Ruth 

to glean. 

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, 

let me glean and gather 

after the reapers among 

the sheaves: so she came, 

and hath continued even 

from the morning until now, 

that she tarried a little 

in the house.

Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense thy work, 

and a full reward be given thee 

of the LORD God of Israel,

 under whose wings thou art come 

to trust.