God is looking out for our interest that we might look out for the interest of others.

"Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?" (Ruth 3:1).

There was something about Naomi's testimony that compelled Ruth to leave Moab and her people to go with her into the land of Canaan after the death of their husbands. Ruth said to Naomi (mother-in-law), "thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" (Ruth 1:15). After Ruth turned to the true God that Naomi and her people worshiped, Naomi had a deep sense of responsibility to care for Ruth's well being. She instructed and encouraged Ruth to fall before the feet of her redeemer (Boaz) and come under his protection. Because of Naomi's love and commitment to look out for Ruth she was brought into an intimate relation with her redeemer. Likewise the Apostles Paul exhorted the Christian to "Look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philip 2:4). This is what Christianity is all about. The opposite of looking out for the interest of others is well stated by Thomas Merton who wrote, “To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell” God is looking out for our interest that we might look out for the interest of others.