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Faith · 03-30-2007, 10:07 PM

God wants you to be just as happy on earth as anywhere else. But God said that we should expect difficult times and hard trials many times throughout the bible. Look what happened to Job. He was the most faithful man in all the world and always obeyed God, but had everything he owned taken away and all his livestock killed. The best man on earth, suffered the worst calamities. Satan had claimed that people like Job love God only because of the good things He provides. Remove those good things, Satan challenged, and Job's faith would melt away along with his riches and health.

Sooner or later we all find ourselves in a position somewhat like Job's. Our world seems to crumble. Nothing makes sence anymore. God seems distant and silent. At such moments of great crisis, each one of us is put on trial. Figuratively speaking, in a sense we become like actors in a contest like the one Job went through. This book records every step in that process with unflinching honesty. Job's life stands as an example to every person who must go through great suffering.

At some point in our lives, our faith is tested by God in some way. Job struggled to do what seemed impossible: to keep on believing in a loving, fair God even though all the evidence pointed against such a God. Job passed the test, and after he did, he became twice as wealthy as he was before.

God does love us, and He always wants us to be happy. Just remember if you feel like you are in Job's situation, do what Job did. Don't let Satan be right about you. As I said before, Satan had claimed that people like Job love God only because of the good things He provides. Remove those good things, Satan challenged, and Job's faith would melt away along with his riches and health. If you take those things away Satan said, "He will surely curse you to your face!" The bible records at least one other instance where Satan specifically asked permission to attack an individual: Luke 22:31-32.

"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

03-30-2007, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Faith Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 221	God wants you to be just as happy on earth as anywhere else. But God said that we should expect difficult times and hard trials many times throughout the bible. Look what happened to Job. He was the most faithful man in all the world and always obeyed God, but had everything he owned taken away and all his livestock killed. The best man on earth, suffered the worst calamities. Satan had claimed that people like Job love God only because of the good things He provides. Remove those good things, Satan challenged, and Job's faith would melt away along with his riches and health. Sooner or later we all find ourselves in a position somewhat like Job's. Our world seems to crumble. Nothing makes sence anymore. God seems distant and silent. At such moments of great crisis, each one of us is put on trial. Figuratively speaking, in a sense we become like actors in a contest like the one Job went through. This book records every step in that process with unflinching honesty. Job's life stands as an example to every person who must go through great suffering. At some point in our lives, our faith is tested by God in some way. Job struggled to do what seemed impossible: to keep on believing in a loving, fair God even though all the evidence pointed against such a God. Job passed the test, and after he did, he became twice as wealthy as he was before. God does love us, and He always wants us to be happy. Just remember if you feel like you are in Job's situation, do what Job did. Don't let Satan be right about you. As I said before, Satan had claimed that people like Job love God only because of the good things He provides. Remove those good things, Satan challenged, and Job's faith would melt away along with his riches and health. If you take those things away Satan said, "He will surely curse you to your face!" The bible records at least one other instance where Satan specifically asked permission to attack an individual: Luke 22:31-32. "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." __________________ 1 Corinthians 12-14 "We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritual discerned."