4. Your people shall be my people. This is evidence of deserting the old way of life in order to find a new and complete life. Now, she was going to a new country a new people a new language but she desired it with all her heart. Perhaps the life of Naomi had influenced her to make this choice. It was done now, she was to become a proselyte and join the nation of Israel.
5. Thy God, my God. A great consecration to leave the gods that she had been raised with. Now to embrace the true and living God. A consecration to the Lord must be complete. He must become Lord of all or He will not be Lord at all. Truth had prevailed in her life and she was more than willing to take this necessary and vital step.
6. Where you die I will die. Here is commitment that must be a part of the life of everyone who would follow the Lord. I will die with him. There is ample witness and testimony in the Word that this is the desire of the Bridegroom toward His Bride. For we must be buried with him in baptism.The Bride of Christ will know what it is to be crucified with Him. There is a dying to sin and self that the church of today is neglecting. The resurrection life is assured those who follow Him and are willing to suffer with Him.
7. Where you are buried, there will I be buried. The old man, the old nature must be buried with Christ so that He may have a perfect Bride. A full and absolute commitment is a Divine requisite for the Bride of Christ. The Lord is calling a people unto Himself that will know the steps of surrender that Ruth made to Naomi and Israel.
Ruth 1:18 A true consecration from the heart. The determination of Ruth persuaded Naomi to cease from urging her to turn back. Ruth had passed the test. She gave evidence that her consecration was absolute. She was not uttering vain words. She spoke from a heart that was sincere and totally committed. Her resolve was like that of Elisha with Elijah. Faith is bold, not brash, but confident. Though the future is unseen yet fully persuaded that the Lord will be there and His will is about to be accomplished.
1:19 They journey together toward Bethlehem, the house of bread, Ruth was about to partake of the good things of the Lord. There must have been great excitement in her heart as she approached this new life in a new country. Much like the joys of salvation that are ours as we accept Christ. The bread of heaven, the WORD becomes our daily food. The revelation of the Spirit in the WORD keeps that joy and blessedness of the Lord alive in our hearts. Naomi is a type of the Holy Ghost, for it is He who works with conviction in our hearts to bring us to the Lord.