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In a world captivated by charisma, speed, and spectacle, faithfulness is easily overlooked. Yet we see throughout the Bible that it’s often not the loudest voices or the flashiest miracles that lay the foundation of God’s plan. It’s the quiet, steady, often unseen work of faithful people who trust God.  

Consider Ruth. She wasn’t a prophet, priest,  princess, or warrior. She was a widow from Moab. She was a foreigner who clung to her grieving mother-in-law with the simple but profound vow: “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16). Ruth’s story does not dazzle the reader with supernatural events like the parting of the Red Sea or the sun standing still. Instead, it pulses with the quiet heartbeat of commitment. Her faithfulness not only provided for Naomi, but also placed her in the lineage of King David and ultimately, Jesus Christ. Quiet faithfulness was the force moving the story of redemption forward.

In our age of instant gratification, this can feel like a foreign language. Everything pulls us to and fro toward the immediacy that our culture craves. If Ruth lived her life by those metrics, Naomi would’ve been below the bottom of the totem pole when evaluating priorities. However, Ruth served a God who is not bound by time and sees the eternal weight of consistent obedience.

If you’re weary, unnoticed, or wondering whether your efforts matter, God promises that they do, and he works mightily through them. Faithfulness may not trend on social media, but it is precious in the sight of God. Keep showing up. Keep praying. Keep forgiving. Keep serving. You’re not just maintaining; you’re building God’s kingdom with the good works that God created in advance for you to do as shown in Ephesians 2:10. In the end, we long to hear the Father’s words to all who remain true: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

What greater reward could there be? 

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