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Job 1 & 2
1 There was a man named Job
who lived in the country of Uz. He was a good, honest man. He respected God and
refused to do evil. 2 Job had seven sons and
three daughters. 3 He owned 7000 sheep, 3000
camels, 1000 oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He had many servants. He was the
richest man in the east.
4 Job’s sons took turns
having dinner parties in their homes, and they invited their sisters. 5 The day after each of these
parties, Job got up early in the morning, sent for his children, and offered a
burnt offering for each of them. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless
and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so that his
children would be forgiven of their sins.
6 Then the day came for the
angels[a] to meet with
the Lord. Even Satan was
there with them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you
been?”
Satan answered the Lord, “I have been roaming around the earth, going from
place to place.”
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you
noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him. He is a good,
faithful man. He respects God and refuses to do evil.”
9 Satan answered the Lord, “But Job has a good reason to
respect you.10 You always protect him, his
family, and everything he has. You have blessed him and made him successful in
everything he does. He is so wealthy that his herds and flocks are all over the
country. 11 But if you were to destroy
everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face.”
12 The Lord said to Satan, “All right, do
whatever you want with anything that he has, but don’t hurt Job himself.”
Then Satan left the meeting.
Easy
To Read Bible Version
Job
1:13-19 Job loses all he had, YET in vs 20 he tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the
ground and worshipped God.
Job
1:20-22 and Job 2:10 Here we see Job’s response to calamity.
- He BLESSED the name of the LORD
- Job did not sin against God nor charge Him with wrong
- Job did not sin with his lips
John
10:10 The
thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come
that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.
Job
2:1-10 Satan comes again, this time to ask for
Job’s bone and flesh.
Characteristics
of Job
- Job was blameless
- Upright
- Feared God
- Shunned evil
- Job was a man who had great possessions (7000sheep, 3000 camels, 500 female donkeys, large household
- Job was the greatest of all the people of the East
- Raised had children and raised godly children
- Children were united and fellowshipped together often
- Job sanctifies his children after feasting “often” “regularly”
- Job rises early in the morning to offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all
- Job offers burnt offerings because he recognises that his sons may have sinned and cursed God in their hearts
- Job, as a family burden bearer, who did not leave
his children to their own devices
- I see Job as a man after God’s own heart, a man who
has crucified flesh even though he lived “before
the Cross”
God
confirms Job’s characteristics (God’s testimony about Job)
- God calls Job “My servant”
- God testifies that there is none like Job on the earth
- God declares Job a blameless, upright man who fears
God and shuns evil.
Satan’s
thoughts
- Thinks he knows why Job feared God. “
- Thinks Job feared God because God has made a hedge around him, his household and all that he he has on every side
- He knew God blessed the work of his hands
- He knew his possessions have increased in the land
- Satan thinks if God stretches out His hand and touch ALL that Job has he will “surely” curse God.
- Satan thinks a man will give all he has for his life
- He asked God to touch Job’s bone and flesh and he
will “surely” curse God.
PRAYER POINTS
- Let us thank God because He is more than enough to support us through trial.
- Lord, let my joy be in Your testimony of my life, not in any man’s testimony
- Let Christ be fully formed in me so that my life can reveal Jesus to people around me Galatians 4:19.
- Thank God because He is beautiful for situation Psalm 48:2
- Lord, help me to live a blameless and upright life, shunning evil Job 1:1
- Merciful Lord, I pray as I go through time of suffering, enable me like Job not to sin or charge You with wrong Job 1:22
- In my trial period, do not let me sin with my lips Job 2:10
- Father, like Job some of us cannot sleep because
our sorrow is deep, I pray that You comfort them and pour out Your mercy on
them Job 7:4
- In the midst of trial, my Lord, may I know that You
are the one who has granted me life and favour and that Your care has preserved
my spirit Job 10:12
- I thank You, my Father because You know the way
that I take. When You have tested me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10
- Teach to me know what to say when I am faced with
trial or calamity or when I have to counsel some one through similar
situations. If it is to be quiet, Lord, grant me grace to do so, so that I
might not sin against You.
Sometimes things are allowed to happen so that the
quiet power of our Lord to arrange and rearrange events according to His
purpose may be shown.
AMY
CARMICHAEL
Culled
from: Women of Destiny Bible - New King James Version
Finally, Job was able to say
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall
stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know that in
my flesh I shall see God”
Job
19:25-26
