And the women said to Naomi,

"Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!" (Ruth 4:14)

The very same might be said of us, God's people, this very day, as we kneel at the cross, rejoicing in our redemption wrought there. He has not left us without a redeemer, for Christ has redeemed us.

Redeemed us from what? It does us good to remember. He has redeemed us from the curse of the law, which we could not keep, even for one minute. Like Isaiah, we must say, "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips" (Isaiah 6:5). Just meditate on your behavior, thoughts, and words of the last 24 hours, and you'll see what I mean.

Yet, we have been redeemed, rescued from ourselves and from the curse we deserve, at the cross. This is the most amazing news any of us will ever hear or tell. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Blessed be the Lord, who has not left us this day without a redeemer!