Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 6 (TMF:2172)

Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Peace to Live By: Suffering & the Example of Job, Part 6 (TMF:2172) - Daniel Litton
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       Satan really, at the end of the day, couldn’t do anything to Job that would make him truly lose. This is a hard teaching. But it is what I have been saying all along. The lower a person is the levels of consciousness, the harder it is to bear. The higher a person is, the greater the understanding of God and how things work, so the greater the endurance we will see. For some encouragement, let’s consider some positive points in the midst of this. Number one, note that Satan was the one who caused the destruction, not God. That’s important because the enemy can often try to get us to point the finger at God. We say, “God could have prevented this, and he didn’t. So, he is at fault.” But, remember, God is on our side. He’s not a perverted Father, as his often taught, and he doesn’t want to see us suffer. Number two, God hadn’t cut off Job. He hadn’t gone anywhere. He may have been quiet for a while, but he was there watching the whole thing. Number three is that after the whole thing was over, God restored everything Job had lost, and restored it many times over (I know, I’m jumping ahead here).