Being Job was a job!
Author: Pat Aman
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 42 1:13 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,2 I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholding from thee.3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone an earring of gold.12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
Trying to have the patience of Job is a job for sure. But, as they say, and you’ve heard a thousand times, “There is always a test before the testimony.”
In reading Job, I saw that God trusted Job enough to know that his servant would never fall away from Him.
We all have read, that Job was deeply approved and blessed by God. God’s assessment of Job is, “That there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil” (Job 1:8).
From it, we can see that Job has borne a resounding testimony for God, and brought comfort to God’s heart.
When satan asked God to let him test the trueness of Job, God allowed him to test Job. But, God said you cannot take his life. But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face. The LORD said to Satan, Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life (Job 2:5-6).
As we all know the story, Job lost everything he had, all but a big mouth wife and three good for nothing friends.
And in the end if Job had not prayed for his friends, blessing his friends, God would have taken wrath against them. But Job still have compassion on them and pleaded to God for them.
God told Job’s friends, “8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.”
Job’s friends talk bad against Job and against God. But, Job was a Godly man and did not want harm to come to his friends.
Job said, “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold,” JOB 23:10.
Job was saying, My faith will be tried.
How?
Will I obey under extreme circumstances?
Will I show love to my brethren even though they do not show love to me?
The Lord allows that trial to try our faith, so we have proof of the obedience of faith.
I will tell you now, sometimes my faith is not where is should be, but that does not stop me from seeking Father God, for I know He is the finisher of my faith.
Even when Job curse the day he was born, his so call friends still said, “just looked at the appearance of things, but they did not know how many sincere feelings that Job had toward Father God.
Job truly experienced Father God’s love for him during his trials. The reason why he said like this “Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived,” was that he neither wanted God to be pained by him nor did he want to see God worry about him. Job deeply felt that God is always right by his side and has been accompanying him from the very beginning to the end.
When he was harmed by Satan, Father God’s heart ached very much; when he was tortured and suffered pains, God’s heart was also pained.
As Job’s friends questioned why Father God did not heal Job, they did not realize that Father God knew the outcome of this test.
And Job’s friends like us asked Father God why are some healed and others are not?
We will never know that answer until we get to Heaven.
“Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
I Corinthians 13:8, 10-13
We must keep our hearts and eyes on Father God. We must just must be faithful to what God has called us to do. And yes, I know God heals and will continue to do miracles in our lives.
God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for us. He died so we might live.
We like Job must be obedient.
I know know Father God is in control of our lives. That is why we have the book of Job, to show us that there are reasons for and purposes in these trials and sufferings that we do not see.
Job could not see what was going on behind the scenes, and neither can we. And yet God knows. He has a purpose, and it is a proper and right purpose that will end up manifesting more fully the love and compassion of His heart. The test of every trial is always to this end.
And God will never leave or forsake you. He would not have allowed this path you are walking if He did not know you were strong enough to handle it. In other words, He is kicking the old devil in the face and showing him that you are steadfast.
This should show you how important you are to Father God.
So, now I asked you this very important question?
Are you doing the job of Job?
It may be hard, but the pay and benefits in the end will be worth it all. Just stand still and know God is God.
And I will at another time list some Biblical reasons why at times some receive an earthly healing and some a heavenly healing. But, please know, I do not have all the answers and know one does. For now we see dimly, but one day we will see it clearly.
God bless each of you.
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