Job's Life-Chapter Two

Chapter Two of Job's life starts out as Satan coming before the Lord and God
asks Satan "From where have you come?" Satan responded to God by saying
that he came "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and
down on it." God started questioning Satan by asking him if he had considered
Job-that there was NONE like him in all the earth. In my thoughts, it seemed that
maybe the Devil was sensing that he was "missing something good" or that God
knew that there was someone special, or maybe the Devil was just wanting to have
"more fun." I don't know, but whatever the Devil was doing, his plans were to
destroy someone's life, so God I think just decided to answer the question before
Satan could get it out of his mouth!

(v.3) God asks Satan if he had considered Job, who was blameless and upright,
who feared God and turned away from evil. How Job still held fast to his integrity,
although the Devil tried to encited God against Job to destroy him without reason.
Satan answered God by saying, "Skin for skin! All that man has, he will give for his
life. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse
you to your face." At this point, I think Satan was telling God that if he withdrew
his protection and blessing on man (or in this case-Job), then man would turn against
God! So God (v.6) told the Devil that he could test Job (because he obviously knew
Job's character and his commitment to God to know that he wouldn't turn away
from Himself. God said, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life." God still
wanted Job to live obviously, even though he was allowing Job to go through this,
he knew that Job would not betray him even in the darkest days of his life.

So Satan went and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his feet to the
crown of his head...(v.9) Then Job's wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your
integrity? Curse God and die." WOW! I don't know about you, but if I had a
husband and he told me that (someone who REALLY, really knew me and I loved
them, someone very close to me), I would cry for them knowing that they did not
know what they were saying. Job's response to his wife was, "You speak as one
of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall not
receive evil?" It goes on to say that "In all this, Job did not sin with his lips." I think
what Job was telling his wife is that she doesn't understand that blessings come
from God, but as believer's, bad things will happen to us, because the Devil
hates us.

From v.11-13 show's how Job's friends came to him and from a distance didn't
even recognize Job. Job's friend's were weeping and wept for Job. They mourned
for Job's life. (v.13) They stayed with Job and sat with him for seven days and seven
nights. No one spoke anything to Job because they saw that his suffering was severe!

That is the end of Chapter 2 of Job.

This is amazing how Job did was hurting and very sad through all of this and he still
did not sin in what he said. He was blameless, he loved God more than we might ever
really understand! I encourage you to consider how you might make changes in your
life when bad things happen, think about how you respond to the situation. I know
I want to be like Job. He was a man of great character and love for the Lord!

(There are other things I have noticed about Job's life in this chapter and some more
detail's, but I can't write them all out. If you would like to give me your thoughts or
revelations, feel free to share them!)

Thanks for reading! Chapter 3 of Job will come shortly!