As I spent time worshipping the Lord recently I went into a beautiful visionary encounter. In this encounter, I saw Ruth walking toward Boaz where he had laid down to sleep among the grain. I saw her uncover his feet and lay down at them. Then the whole story of Boaz redeeming Ruth played out before my eyes. When it finished I heard the words,
“Tell My people that I am breaking ‘widowhood’ off of them. Just come and lay at My feet— in rest and quietness— in intimacy and trust. All that is in My hands and in My possession will be yours but only concern yourself with the place at My feet. Then all else will be added to you.”
Often I see people take on the identity of a spiritual widow by believing that only the leftovers are for them. And though there may be seasons that according to our natural eyes this condition appears to be true (such as Ruth found herself in)— those are the times that we humbly glean in the field of our God, finding favor and provision as His eyes look upon us. But this is different than a “spirit of widowhood” that believes that they have been abandoned and left to beg. This is what the Lord is breaking off of many. You are not to seek His hand as if you are a beggar looking for a “hand out”— but you are desired and favored of the Lord and can lay at the feet of your Redeemer and watch what He does for you.
I kept hearing in my spirit, “Don’t seek My hand— seek My face.”
You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.” Psalm 27:8
Seeking God’s face is about relationship, intimacy, and oneness. Seeking His hand is about desiring His might, power, and provision. In the vision of Ruth and Boaz, I understood that Ruth’s posture of laying quietly at Boaz’s feet was akin to “seeking his face.” She didn’t just go after any young man in the city— for she was known as a desirable and worthy woman. But she recognized the honor and integrity of her true kinsman redeemer and she humbled herself in an act of trust and respect at his feet.
Boaz then redeemed her for himself and all the wealth, honor, and love that he had belonged to her and to her mother-in-law as well. Ruth had sought his face by laying at his feet and by doing so, “all else was added to her.” What was in his hand became hers as well.
His wealth was not the motive of her heart, for she was grateful for the favor and protection he had shown to her as she gleaned in his fields. He had taken notice of this.
I feel as though the Lord is speaking two things: first, if you are in a season of gleaning in the field (behind the harvesters)— be sure to do it unto the Lord with a grateful heart and be sure to work in the field that you receive favor and protection in. Second, the Lord is calling His people to seek His face and not His hand. Lay at His feet in a posture of trust and stillness— knowing that HE IS GOD. He will redeem you and you will not only experience the beauty of intimacy with Him but all that is within His hand will belong to you.
His redemption is not a “handout” it is a covering because you are desired and favored of the Lord.
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