January 4, 2011
The angels come to show themselves to the LORD—again. Satan shows up—again. God questions him—again. God says have you noticed Job? He is honest and innocent. He has integrity. He honors God. He stays away from evil. "You (Satan) caused me to ruin him for no good reason, but he continues to be without blame." Satan answers, Yeah, I saw him... but... one skin for another. You didn't let me touch his body. Hurt his body and we'll see what he does. He'll curse you then.
So, God allowed Satan to put painful sores all over Job's body. Job was in utter misery from head to toe. Unimaginable suffering. He was unrecognizable. His wife tells him to curse God and die. Job answers, "...should we take only good things from God and not trouble?"
In spite of all of this Job did not sin. God is God. He knows what He is doing.
Addendum: 12/27/14 ~
Next Entry: Job 3:1–26
The angels come to show themselves to the LORD—again. Satan shows up—again. God questions him—again. God says have you noticed Job? He is honest and innocent. He has integrity. He honors God. He stays away from evil. "You (Satan) caused me to ruin him for no good reason, but he continues to be without blame." Satan answers, Yeah, I saw him... but... one skin for another. You didn't let me touch his body. Hurt his body and we'll see what he does. He'll curse you then.
So, God allowed Satan to put painful sores all over Job's body. Job was in utter misery from head to toe. Unimaginable suffering. He was unrecognizable. His wife tells him to curse God and die. Job answers, "...should we take only good things from God and not trouble?"
In spite of all of this Job did not sin. God is God. He knows what He is doing.
"When you can't trace his hand, trust his heart." Max LucadoJane's (Her Name Was Jane) KJV describes what happened to Job as being in Satan's sieve. Wealth—gone. Family—gone. Satan's "theory" was that Job was good because he was prosperous. It may have been Satan's sieve, but it is God who is in control.
Addendum: 12/27/14 ~
"The struggles that you're going through now—don't discard them. Listen to God as he teaches you so that you can teach others. You see, a time of suffering teaches us something we never knew before and may prepare us for a time of counsel that we will give someone years from now. God is with you. God is with you! The same God that guided his Son through death and back to life said he will never leave us or forsake us. He is right there with you, perhaps even more in times of crisis than any other time." ~ From Suffering in The Inspirational Bible.
Next Entry: Job 3:1–26
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