DCLM Daily Manna 28 March 2026 — Making Gleaners Grin

DCLM Daily Manna 28 March 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Making Gleaners Grin

TOPIC: Making Gleaners Grin (DCLM Daily Manna 28 March 2026)

KEY VERSE: So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley – Ruth 2:17

TEXT: Ruth 2:15-18 (KJV)

15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:

On a cold winter day, a wealthy man on his way to a business meeting noticed a barefooted boy of about 10 years of age shining shoes at the corner. Fingers reddened with cold, the boy smiled at every customer. As the boy polished his shoes, the man asked, “Why aren’t you in school?” The boy shrugged. “Gotta help Mama. She’s sick.” The man nodded, paid triple, and left. Two weeks later, the boy arrived home to find a doctor treating his mother and a grocery basket at the door. A note from this wealthy man read: “Consider this a loan until your mother smiles again. Pay it forward someday.” Years later, that boy became a medical doctor himself. On his clinic wall hung a framed note: a reminder of quiet help that expected nothing in return.

Just as the wealthy man did for the poor little shoe shiner, Boaz brought a smile to Ruth’s face. In Jewish culture, gleaning was a practice where leftover crops were collected by the poor and less privileged after harvest. Ruth, a Moabitess widow, who had just returned to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law, Naomi, was allowed by Boaz, a gentle and kind-hearted wealthy Bethlehemite, to glean closely to the reapers. He also gave her access to refreshment and instructed the reapers to “let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her.” Ruth’s gleaning amounted to about seven and a half gallons of grain, which she gladly shared with her mother-in-law.

Boaz turned out to be a near kinsman to Ruth’s late husband and by the “levirate law” had the duty of marrying Ruth. Their union became the lineal ancestor of King David and eventually Christ. The little kindness we show to the undeserving gleaners often produces significant results.

We live in a world that has become so impatiently materialistic where people hardly pause to look at the plight of “gleaners” – the less privileged people in society. Believers should make a difference. In addition to spreading the gospel, we are expected to identify with the needs of the downtrodden, poor, sickly, and hopeless people around us, and like the Good Samaritan, pour in oil and wine to make them survive.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Every act of kindness produces mutual benefits.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Nehemiah 1-4

Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.