Blessed Be The Name of The Lord
Summary Statement of Job’s Character: (v.3)
“So that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.” No one deserved suffering less than he did, and few if any have suffered more.
1 Peter 5:8
1 Peter 5:8 ESV
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
The Conversation of Satan
(v.8) “And the Lord said to Satan ‘have you considered my servant Job...”
The Conversation of Satan
(v.9) Satan responds by questioning Job’s motives - “Does Job fear God for no reason?”
The Response of Job: Job 1:20-22
Worship: kneel and place your forehead to the ground. It was done as an act of respect for a superior being. If we were reading the events of your life or my life today, what would this verse look like?
Job 2:12
Job 2:12 ESV
And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.
Job 27:2-6
Job 27:2-6 ESV
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Life Application
1. Worship: Our walk leads our worship (1:1 -vs- 1:20) You do not have a Job 1:20 response if you do not have a Job 1:1 life.
Colossians 1:21-22
Colossians 1:21-22 ESV
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
Jude 1:24
Jude 1:24 ESV
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
Life Application
2. Battle: We must recognize that our battle is spiritual and our response reflects on God’s glory.
Ephesians 6:12
Ephesians 6:12 ESV
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Job 42:10-17
Job 42:10-17 ESV
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold. And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. And Job died, an old man, and full of days.