Then Naomi her mother-in-law said
to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be
well with you? Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold,
he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight. Wash yourself therefore, and
anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing
floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating
and drinking.”
Tonight—Tonight—Won’t be just any night! Put on your
best clothes. It is time for a party. It is fun to go to parties and celebrate
special occasions. Every day during the barley harvest the grain was separated
from the stalk by threshing it. Then after all the grain was harvested it went
through a winnowing process that removed the chaff, or husks from the grain.
This was best done late in the day when there was a nice breeze to blow away
the chaff. When the winnowing was done, the grain was ready to be stored away
and it was time for a celebration. Boaz celebrated a great harvest.
Spiritually, we want to allow the Lord to get the
chaff, the bad stuff, out of our lives. Then we will put on our best clothes.
In scripture it tells us that guests at a wedding party wear particular
clothes. Matthew 22:11-12 tells us about such a person who did not have the
right clothes for the wedding party. "But
when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who
was not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you
come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. (NASB)
Jesus talks about garments that will be worn in heaven in Revelation 3:5-6, 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in
white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will
confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 'He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' (NASB)
Those white garments will be the best clothes we will ever wear! Note that
Jesus also says we need to listen—he who has an ear, let him hear. Are we
listening to Jesus message, not just in Revelation, but throughout the whole
Bible?
Lord Jesus, help us
to hear you loud and clear. Winnow the chaff from our lives and fill us with
Your love that we may serve You in a special way.
© 2012 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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