Why would God collude with Satan to ruin Job, a holy man? Wrong question. This is a teaching story. Others may cause you to suffer but God always has your solution. One lesson is to show that true faith in his goodness (not that of your wife or friends) will restore all loss.
Job 1:8-12 (MSG) 8 God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.” 9-10 Satan retorted, “So do you think Job does all that out of the sheer goodness of his heart? Why, no one ever had it so good! You pamper him like a pet, make sure nothing bad ever happens to him or his family or his possessions, bless everything he does—he can’t lose! 11 “But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away everything that is his? He’d curse you right to your face, that’s what.” 12 God replied, “We’ll see. Go ahead—do what you want with all that is his. Just don’t hurt him.” Then Satan left the presence of God.
9/18/2019
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