"Her hap was..." Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely was it overruled!

Ruth had gone forth with her mother's blessing, under the care of her mother's God, to humble but honorable work. And the providence of God was guiding her every step. Little did she know that among those sheaves she would find a husband—that he would make her joint owner of all those broad acres—that she, a poor foreigner, would become one of the ancestors of the great Messiah!

God is very good to those who trust in him, and often surprises them with unlooked-for blessings. Little do we know what may happen to us tomorrow, but this sweet fact may cheer us: no good thing shall be withheld.

Chance is banished from the faith of Christians, for they see the hand of God in everything. The trivial events of today or tomorrow may involve consequences of the highest importance. O Lord, deal as graciously with your servants as you did with Ruth!

How blessed would it be if, in wandering in the field of meditation tonight, our hap should be to light upon the place where our Kinsman will reveal himself to us! O Spirit of God, guide us to him. We would sooner glean in his field than bear away the whole harvest from any other. O for the footsteps of his flock, which may lead us to the green pastures where he dwells!

This is a weary world when Jesus is away—we could better do without sun and moon than without him—but how divinely fair all things become in the glory of his presence! Our souls know the virtue which dwells in Jesus, and can never be content without him.

We will wait in prayer this night until our hap shall be to light on a part of the field belonging to Jesus wherein he will manifest himself to us.