Wednesday, October 28, 2020

A man named Job

Welcome to the book of Job.

In the first chapter, we meet Job.  He was a rich, successful man who lived in the land of Uz.  He had seven sons and three daughters, and many servants.  For Job, the Lord was number one in his heart and worked hard to honor Him by offering many burnt offerings.

Satan, along with many angels, appeared before the Lord.  The Lord commented on his faithful servant Job.  But Satan challenged that notion, stating that it was because Job was successful was the sole reason why he was faithful.  If everything was taken from Job, he would not be so faithful and would denounce God.

God then told Satan that he could test Job.

For the first test, all of Job's livestock was stolen from him, all of his servants were killed, and a powerful storm swept through the home of one of his sons--all of his children were present, at a feast--and all of his children were killed.

Job grieved.  He fell to the ground in worship, stating that the Lord had given him all that he had and the Lord saw that it was taken away.  He praised the Lord, and not once did he blame God.

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