Job’s Worth- Job Chapters 38-42

The entire predicament, the cause of Job’s wealth and prosperity as well as his loss and suffering were a result of Job’s faith. He was as close to perfect as a man can get in God’s eyes and he was well off before the Satan intervened. After the catastrophes set against Job he almost lost all trust and faith in God. His friends unsuccessfully attempted to comfort and open his eyes to the truth. Eventually Elihu was the only one who could do so. Once Job opened his eyes, he begged forgiveness, promised redemption and understood the purpose of the test. As soon as God saw that Job had returned in his trust towards Him, “the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.”(Job 42:10) The test had proved that even Job, as close to perfect as a man can get in God’s eyes, was breakable and the only person who could really understand was a youth. Obviously no man is perfect, we are all born into sin and we all sin thousands of times in our lives, but if we only open our eyes God will bless us and give us what we lose from our ignorance and evildoings. This is yet another side of God and a very frequent case that recurs throughout the Bible. God is forgiving. Job had everything, then lost everything, then was returned everything he had lost and more. God giveth, God taketh away, and God giveth back.