Job was a man who feared God and God gave him many blessings and protection. Satan questions Job’s motives: does Job only worship God because of all the blessings? Satan does not love or respect humans and doesn’t think Job has an actually good character to still fear God if everything was taken from him. God does love humans and thinks that Job will still have good character- even if all the blessings are taken. So God allowed Satan to remove all the blessings from Job’s life. I know from The Bible Project video (https://bibleproject.com/explore/job/) that God had a divine purpose (more complex than we can comprehend) but maybe a part of that was to teach Satan a lesson about humans?
Some people today might be feeling like Job felt in verses 1:13-20. In one moment, Job found out he had lost all of his property (his livelihood) and his children. Because of Covid-19, in one week or day some people are losing their jobs, losing their food source, support system, everything is changing and some of us might feel like Job. I identified so closely with my job that when I found out my job was cancelled, I had lots of anxiety and I felt like I had lost my SELF. But verse 20 says, “Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.” What a great example to follow. I feel free from the bounds of my career now. I pray for all people who are going through it to bow down and worship and pray. Job grieves- we can grieve and argue and have all our emotions- but we need to direct them to the Lord- where our hope lies.
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