Ruth and Orpah had accompanied Naomi some distance before Naomi explained to them the difficulties which lay in the way. Naomi wanted to make sure they had counted the cost of leaving their country and returning to Israel with her.
Jesus was pretty clear when He outlined the costs involved in becoming His disciple.
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—Luke 14:26-28
Luk 14:33 NKJV - 33 “So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple
The costs were too high for Oprah. She was not ready to leave her family or her gods.
“Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.”
Ruth, on the other hand, clings to Naomi and speaks beautiful words of dedication and consecration to her and to her God. Ruth was willing to leave all and give all. She holds nothing back.
But Ruth said:
"Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me."
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