Ruth 2:11
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth 2:11 belongs to the beautiful, brief, wonderfully interesting pastoral story of Ruth from the time of the judges, in the days of Samuel and David, whose close traces the ancestry of the Lord Jesus and brings a Moabite woman into that line. Boaz had been fully told all that Ruth had done for her mother-in-law Naomi since the death of her husband, and how she had left her father and mother and the land of her nativity to come to live among a people she had not known before. His recognition of her devotion and sacrifice is joined to her trust in the God of Israel, for whom in the next verse he asks that a full reward be given to her.
Ruth's trust that Boaz, who became her redeemer and husband, would pay her debts and provide for all her needs pictures trusting Christ as Redeemer and relying on His grace for every need. Her going into the field to glean scattered sheaves is an example of humble, diligent, faithful labor that others should follow, showing that gathering what has been missed is worthwhile work for God. That gleaning work includes caring for people overlooked by the church.
The harvest in the field of Boaz shows that cutting down the grain is not enough without others to bind it into sheaves. That binding means gathering loose material and unorganized followers of Christ together in Sabbath-schools, prayer-meetings, missionary associations, and churches. It is organizing the army of God out of the reserve into active companies for taking the strongholds of sin for King Immanuel.