She found herself working in
a field belonging to Boaz.
—Ruth 2:3
So that she and her mother-in-law could eat, Ruth scavenged nearby fields, picking up grain that the harvesters had missed.
“Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz” (Ruth 2:3 NET).
Boaz took a shine to Ruth and married her.
Boaz was the son of Rahab, a Jericho prostitute. Ruth was a Moabitess, a Gentile. Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed, who had a son named Jesse, who had a son named David.
Yes, that David, King David.
So, David’s paternal great-great-grandmother was a prostitute, and his maternal great-grandmother was a Gentile. Both were in the lineage of Jesus (see Mt 1:5-6).
God does unlikely things with unlikely people in unlikely circumstances.
Look at what happened because Ruth “just happened” to glean in the field of Boaz.
Perhaps God “just happened” to make you
who you are and put you where you are for a reason.