God is almighty. Job, shows us how strong God is and how when that one person can overcome all things that we can noy imagine ourselves enduring, we begin to realise this can only come from the strength and love Christ stores in us. I respect Job and wishes to seek the God he trusted in during his times of pain and suffering.
I was reading in job 42;5-6 where Job said "I know ... that no thought can be withholden from thee. And, I repent in dust and ashes. this is another reminder that God cares what we think about ( phil. 4:8). and Job knew it. Job1:5 and although he did not sin with his lips ( Job 2:10) he held a grudge in his heart,until he repented . we must therefore keep our hearts with all diligence prov:4
It is comforting to know that God is in complete control. He does not send affliction our way, but He allows others to do so. Even in that seemingly unloving and uncontrolled avenue, no affliction can hit us which God does not allow. He will not allow any affliction more than what we will be able to bear -- with His help ( I Corinthians 10:13).
Satan is evil; I hate all that is evil. I do not "respect" Satan, as someone suggested we do.
God does not give a commandment to "respect" Satan. Respect and Fear of the Lord, is for the Lord. Amen
The Book of job give us a rare insight into Satan's character, especially as it relates to God. He exhibits neither respect nor fear in his answers to God. However he did HAVE to obey Gods' summons as all must. Jesus called several back from the dead and they all obeyed. Satan is not all-powerful, as we see here. He must have God's permission to harass God's people.Respect him,but don't fear him.
I feel that Jobs faith was well intact. He knew that God was able to deliver him. This lets us no that in the mist of all of our adversities we must trust God. Because he never fails.
This is a lesson that every follower of Christ must learned to hold on to Gods unchanging hands.Because he promised that he will never leave you nor forsake you in all things.
I love the constancy of Job 's three friends how they sat in silence for so long, they did not react as his wife who was very angry, but I understand how she felt. These are real human characters reacting to events. Job 's exceptional character lies in his wonderful ability to come to terms with his lot.
God 's ways are higher that man 's ways. The moment we believe we deserve anything than eternal separation from God, our thinking is distorted. After being told by his wife to curse God and die, Job said, Job 2:10, "Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil. " Abraham had it right when he spoke these words in Gen. 18:25B Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? God can do only perfectly right. It is impossible for Him to do other than that. Our problem is when pain or lose is attached with life, we think maybe there is a problem with God. When we have gone through the trial or the discipline, we come out with the correct understanding, and that is God is good in all that He does. David understood that as we see in this verse.
Here we go LOOK TO THE HILLS WHICH COMETH YOUR HELP WHICH COMETH FROM THE LORD KEEP YOUR HEART and MIND stayed on him and Lean not to your own understanding JUST TRUST THAT 'S All WE NEED
A bumper sticker that I have seen is "Life is a ** ". Those are words of despair. Read the last chapters of the book of Job. God asked Job and God continues to ask us. "Were you there when I created the Heavens? Were you there when I created the wonders of the deep? Were you there when I created the glorious colours of sunrise and rainbow? " My Mum taught me "Two men looked through the prison bars. One saw the mud, the other the stars. " Yep. Look up. Look around at all that is wonderful. That healed Job and it will heal you and me.
If we look closely at the book of JOB there are numerous of things that we can get from it. One of the things I take from it is the fact that no matter how much material things that we possess, and no matter how much we love family, spouse, even our children, if we only keep our eyes on GOD and hold true in our faith there is nothing that can hold us down, not even satan himself!!!! It 's far time to have a made up mind, and heart...FOR GOD WE LIVE, FOR GOD WE DIE!!!!
This book helps me to understand as well as how deal with suffering. Job gives and shows us how endure suffering and yet maintain your character, integrity and trust in Almighty God!
The chapter of job makes me realize that no condition is permanent. You may be poor today but the story will definitely change. All we need to do is to trust in God our saviour.
Job said to wife should we receive all good at the hand of GOD and not receive bad,this let me when the blessing of the LORD is on you,you are going to be tested to help you to see how much faith do you have in GOD , this is a test GOD know the heart of us all,all that I can say LORD help me to trust you with all of my heart body and soul.
To Roux ' Job chapter 2 comment I agree with you that Job had great faith and trusted God, but I will not agree with you that he really had good friends. In the beginning the friends sympathized with him but eventually they started hinting that he must have done something which was a sin in front of God. In the end they even accused him with different accusations...But Job knew who he was and to what God he believed and remained faithful. An illness or a difficult situation in our lives are not always the result of a sin, as unfortunately, many people in the church have come to believe. God sees and judges things in a different way .IN HIS WAY ,as we see in the end of Job 's book how he is rewarded for his faith.
Satan is saying Not without reason. You have given him this and You have given him that but You put his skin to the test and he will literally sell his soul to maintain, rescue, protect his flesh. In essence, Satan is belligerent. He is talking to God flippantly from going up and down in the world. He is so sure of himself because of a previous incident he orchestrated, Gen 3 17 also ended in skin for skin. Actually he is arrogant enough to believe this. So now he is convinced that he can work Job like he did Adam and Eve and bring about a down fall. But Job showed him a thing or two. Briefly, it 's just a test. God test hearts and weighs spirits. Also Satan said, from going up and down. God knows that ain 't nothing new under the sun. He already knows the answer. He already worked it. It 's why Job was chosen. He was born for that very event. As pharaoh was for his. Nebuchadnezzar for his. Moses for his. In the end God will be glorified. Elihu said it best. Job it ain 't about you, it 's about God. Glory, honor, praise, fame is for God. The devil is mighty, but my God is Almighty! Amen
God does not give a commandment to "respect" Satan. Respect and Fear of the Lord, is for the Lord. Amen