September 21, 2023
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Reading along with us in Job? Here’s today’s reading:
Job 2 (NIV)
1 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”…..Continue Reading
Again satan came with the angels . He was still roaming. God informed him that Job was still blameless and upright and fears God and shuns evil. He Satan had failed at tripping job up even after all he had taken from him he still maintained his integrity.
Satan set out to attack Jobs skin and bones of Job which God said was alright but not to kill him. Satan gave Job sores over his entire body. Jobs wife questioned him re his integrity. She wanted Job to curse God and die. He rebuked his wife for what she said and thru all of this Job did not sin.
I can not imagine going thru such pain but God knew that Job was faithful to him no matter what happened . His three friends decided to go and see Job and they hardly were able to recognize him. They sat with him 7 days and 7 nights with out speaking. .They must have been men of the same faith and this is why God wants us to seek people of the same mind to go thru things with us.
Day 6 0f 10 days of prayer 2 Chron. 30;8
A couple of things stand out to me in this chapter.
First, Satan knows our nature and where to attack. Many of us can experience loss of people and things but physical pain and fear of death is something that weighs on people mentally. It is exhausting to be in pain all the time and if we are not truly confident in our relationship with Christ death can be very scary. Satan’s comment “A man will give all he has for his own life” is so reflective that he knows where and how to come at people.
Second was Job’s friends! God provided him some amazing friends to be by his side during this. Even his wife couldn’t understand his faithfulness but they just sat in silent support because sometimes there are no words and you just need love and prayer. Even amidst Satan’s attack we see God’s provision.
Finally, Job’s comment “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” is so full of faith, trust, and understanding in the knowledge of God and I pray that I can have this mindset more everyday!
Job 2; Judges 10-16
When I meet with loved ones who are at a troubling time in their life, I think about the end of this chapter. Often times we think we need to say something in order to comfort or bring wisdom to our friends and family when they are in distress. But when Job’s friends first visit him they start by doing the right thing and just sit with him, being present with him in his suffering without saying anything. Unfortunately what we’ll see for the remainder of this book is that they’ll make the mistake of opening their mouths.
As I am going through Judges I also can’t help but notice the contrast between Job and the Israelites. During the period of the Judges, between their taking the promised land and Israel having an official king, the Israelites would frequently turn away from God and worship the gods of the surrounding nations. This would lead to God letting Israel fall to outside invaders, and it wouldn’t be until this point of distress that Israel would cry out again to the Lord.
Compare this to Job, who himself was not an Israelite. Who rather than treating God like a vending machine, only turning to Him when he needed something from Him, he is faithful before tribulation AND during. May the Lord bring us all to a stable place in our faith where we can worship and trust him regardless of our life circumstances.
Amen Josiah!
To believe that faith In God will deliver you from trouble. The battle doesn’t begin until you accept Christ. And you start sharing your faith. Now you have someone’s attention. And God allows your faith to be tested. Not always easy. But you look beyond our feelings and circumstances and let the truth of God’s word and the Holy Spirit minister to us
Job 2 Again the angels come before God with Satan. God speaks of Job to Satan as still blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. Now Satan threatens more harm to try to get Job to curse God by giving him painful sores on his skin all over even Job’s wife tells him to curse God and die! Job explains to his wife do we only except what is good and when things are bad we don’t accept God. Job’s friends, three of them came, and witnessed his suffering and they weeped and sat with him for 7 days on the ground and no one said a word cause they saw his suffering. I think sometimes a close friend or friends would know how much it means to have them by your side without saying anything at all but just being there.
Job 2. I am shocked.
For whatever reason, these Scriptures expressed deeper implications, and applications on understanding our walk before God.
Satan was MERCIFUL [EMPHASIS MINE] as he caused sores and boils on Job. As terrible and painful that was, there were more torturous things he could have done. I shudder to think!
God kept nature and the forces of Satan from killing Job. Letting that sink in for a bit! God interceded above all universal powers to preserve life at His pleasure.
Job had the perspective that good came from God, and (these) evil tidings. His conclusion to accept it, yet not shake his fists at God, exceeds the senses of ordinary men!
His three friends were compassionate above measure.
I am astounded! -Gy
DAY seven of 10 days of prayer
Again Job is attacked by Satan. First it was his children and livestock, and servants. Now it is on his own person for the Lord ALLOWED boils to break out on his whole body. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. He was in great pain and anguish. His wife seeing how great his pain and anguish was said to Job curse God and die. I think that she couldn’t bear to see her husband like this. He being the man of God instead sits down in ashes, a sign of being humble before God, and tells her that she is being a foolish woman. And then tells her why. He says shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not evil. God has his reasons. By honoring God he still didn`t sin with his lips. Then his friends show up to comfort him. He looked so bad that his friends didn`t recognize him. Then they spent the next seven days with him not saying a word. Often times when someone is grieving we don`t know what to say but it is still good to be there for them to give our support. When we are the grieving person I have found that to pray it is often hard to say words out loud to God. But the Holy Spirit grieves with us. Romans 8;26 [ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.] Job can be a very hard book to read for it could remind us of all the trials we have gone through. It could also be a book of comfort for God knows what we are or have gone through. For all the trials that God has brought Melodye and myself through I often think of Job. For it has been constant throughout our lives even before we met and for us both started as children just differently. Even after we got saved the attacks happened by Satan. I was saved at age 20 and Mel in her 30`s. Early on God used the trials to bring me to Christ. And latter to grow in Him. Honestly I don`t know where Melodye or I would be without Christ. Sometimes we look to God and hope to have some relief from these trials. We are old and weary but will continue to press on in Him. Of course we have had many blessings from the Lord over the years. If I were to list the trials, etc. that we have gone through you wouldn`t be able to comprehend it all. Most of these trials were brought upon us by outside forces because of our love and service to Christ. For we were very active for the cause of Christ. We would be now but we have many health issues so we do what we can do which is on line. God bless you all.
Job 2
How evil, prideful and deceptive satan is to think nothing of the tragedy that Job suffered in chapter 1 and saying in a sense that was all easy because God didn’t touch his body. And yet God is willing to test Job at a different level and give him an opportunity to trust God more than what he is experiencing. Physical suffering is one of the more challenging things to persevere in, but Job maintains his faith in spite of his wife’s urging for him to abandon it. And yes what a great word he shares that we should not accept good from God and not recognize that God can work through tragedy and suffering as well. What a great indication once again of the great trust and knowledge that Job had in God.
And his friends at this point do exactly as they should. They hear of Job’s suffering and come to his side, shed tears that identify with all that he has been through and are silent with him until he speaks. What a great chapter of what we can understand how God sometimes works and how we should work as well.
Job2 done.
At this point, Job’s friends are more comfort than his wife.
I can’t help but ask, how do we know this information. How do we know about God’s conversation with Satan? Did Job write this book? I guess we could ask that about any events in the spiritual realm. I guess the Prophets are told many strange things through visions and dreams, I suppose that is how this is relayed to the writer.