God Giveth And God Taketh Away-Job Chapters 1-10

Before I read this I hadn’t really thought about what I would be willing to do if I were in their situations. Abraham had a similar effect, though, making me question my own faith and how far it would stand against torments and suffering. God favored Job and boasted about Job’s unmoving faith in God no matter what happened. He gave him everything, land, sheep, food, servants, money, a wife and children. God’s faith in him reached such an extent that God accepted Satan’s request and allowed him to test Job’s faith by destroying everything around “but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”(Job 1:12). Job did as God expected and held fast against the devil’s torments. So the devil requested that he might harm Job and bring upon him disease and sickness. God said, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”(Job 2:6) Job suffered through all the way and almost broke to the devil’s will. On the verge of collapsing and giving in, a man, Eliphaz the Temanite reassured Job of his faith and strengthened his resolve. He told Job, “Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.”(Job 5:17) Surely if me, or anyone I know were submitted to that kind of suffering, we very well might give in and throw God away as well as our faith in him. That just proves our need to strengthen our relationship with God not to just give in since it won’t be enough. When we truly deeply believe in God, we might someday be able to say that we could be as Job, steadfast, enduring, and forever strong in the face of evil and sin and death.