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Jun 19, 2018 - 04:54 PM
As the story goes, the devil or (Satan) challenged Job’s goodness, proposing to God to test him since he is only good because of God’s protection. God agreed and removed Job’s protection. One condition was that Satan was not allowed to kill Job.
(Satan had to ask God for permission before he striped Job of all of his worldly possessions to see if Job would keep his faith or turn against God.)
First, these trials revealed Job’s true character. God knew Job was righteous, which is why He said to Satan,
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?"
Job 1:8
Satan immediately went to work on Job by taking his wealth in one afternoon, killing his 7 sons and 3 daughters, killing his livestock and took Jobs health so that Job would curse God. Despite his extremely difficult situation, Job did not curse God, but rather cursed the day of his own birth.
"And he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area. Job 1:3
Satan tried to slander Job, but God knew that Job loved Him with a true love. Job’s faith wasn’t based on his bank account, his health, his family, or anything else. Job genuinely loved God.
God will indeed test us to reveal our faith and refine us, but He will never tempt us to go into sin. Satan will tempt you to sin in order to make you fall; God tests us to make us stand firmer and reveal our faith.
Job was taught to be patient, and to trust God in the midst of suffering–even when he couldn’t understand it. Job didn’t understand what was wrong, but Job knew it wasn’t because of unconfessed sin in his life. Job knew his heart was clean before the Lord.
Job’s friends, on the other hand, didn’t trust Job. They didn’t understand how God could allow a righteous man to suffer. They thought troubles only happened to wicked people, and that if you suffered, you must have sinned. That is why they told Job to repent. Even Job’s wife didn’t believe him, and said:
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die.
Job 2:9
Job’s wife and friends had a fundamental misunderstanding of the way things work. Yes, sin will bring consequences and suffering, but not all people suffering right now are suffering due to sin in their own lives.
The Bible says “that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”- Romans 8:28.
God may want to bless you. Job was a very wealthy man, but he was also a man that feared God as he served God faithfully. Job was satisfied with all that he had accomplished, he had a beautiful wife and children, and he had a striving business, what else could any man want? But God was not satisfied, he wanted Job to have more, he wanted to give Job a double portion of blessing. So he allowed the enemy to test Job (Job 1:6-22).
Many times we are going through somethings is because God wants to bless us but to do that we must go through some trials, we must be tested.
The trials we go through are not to destroy you, but they are to elevate you. It may not be that the Lord wants to bless you materially, but he may want to promote you at your job, in ministry or any other form of exaltation. When you endure the hardship, then you will fully understand what the Lord was doing and you will have joy. It may be rough now but glory comes after the pain. After the pain you will bear fruit, you will be bless, you will be promoted.
God will test you and put you through trials so that you may know him more. Job knew Job, he had a relationship with him, but when Job came out of his months of suffering, when God delivered him he testified that his trials and all that he been through allowed him to know God at a deeper level.
He developed a much closer relationship with God because of all he had to endured. If Job was not tested he could not have said “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.”- Job 42:5 (NIV)
The Revelation of God in Suffering
Job 38:1–42:6
See also;
6 Reasons The Lord Test You And Put You Through Trials (Make Sure You Check Out Reason #6)
http://www.biblewaymag.com/6-reasons-...
(Satan had to ask God for permission before he striped Job of all of his worldly possessions to see if Job would keep his faith or turn against God.)
First, these trials revealed Job’s true character. God knew Job was righteous, which is why He said to Satan,
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?"
Job 1:8
Satan immediately went to work on Job by taking his wealth in one afternoon, killing his 7 sons and 3 daughters, killing his livestock and took Jobs health so that Job would curse God. Despite his extremely difficult situation, Job did not curse God, but rather cursed the day of his own birth.
"And he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area. Job 1:3
Satan tried to slander Job, but God knew that Job loved Him with a true love. Job’s faith wasn’t based on his bank account, his health, his family, or anything else. Job genuinely loved God.
God will indeed test us to reveal our faith and refine us, but He will never tempt us to go into sin. Satan will tempt you to sin in order to make you fall; God tests us to make us stand firmer and reveal our faith.
Job was taught to be patient, and to trust God in the midst of suffering–even when he couldn’t understand it. Job didn’t understand what was wrong, but Job knew it wasn’t because of unconfessed sin in his life. Job knew his heart was clean before the Lord.
Job’s friends, on the other hand, didn’t trust Job. They didn’t understand how God could allow a righteous man to suffer. They thought troubles only happened to wicked people, and that if you suffered, you must have sinned. That is why they told Job to repent. Even Job’s wife didn’t believe him, and said:
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die.
Job 2:9
Job’s wife and friends had a fundamental misunderstanding of the way things work. Yes, sin will bring consequences and suffering, but not all people suffering right now are suffering due to sin in their own lives.
The Bible says “that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”- Romans 8:28.
God may want to bless you. Job was a very wealthy man, but he was also a man that feared God as he served God faithfully. Job was satisfied with all that he had accomplished, he had a beautiful wife and children, and he had a striving business, what else could any man want? But God was not satisfied, he wanted Job to have more, he wanted to give Job a double portion of blessing. So he allowed the enemy to test Job (Job 1:6-22).
Many times we are going through somethings is because God wants to bless us but to do that we must go through some trials, we must be tested.
The trials we go through are not to destroy you, but they are to elevate you. It may not be that the Lord wants to bless you materially, but he may want to promote you at your job, in ministry or any other form of exaltation. When you endure the hardship, then you will fully understand what the Lord was doing and you will have joy. It may be rough now but glory comes after the pain. After the pain you will bear fruit, you will be bless, you will be promoted.
God will test you and put you through trials so that you may know him more. Job knew Job, he had a relationship with him, but when Job came out of his months of suffering, when God delivered him he testified that his trials and all that he been through allowed him to know God at a deeper level.
He developed a much closer relationship with God because of all he had to endured. If Job was not tested he could not have said “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.”- Job 42:5 (NIV)
The Revelation of God in Suffering
Job 38:1–42:6
See also;
6 Reasons The Lord Test You And Put You Through Trials (Make Sure You Check Out Reason #6)
http://www.biblewaymag.com/6-reasons-...
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