My Servant Job

Then the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? 

Job 1:8 

God had a high estimation of Job. Our text reflects His view. He speaks of Job as unique, blameless, upright, reverent and holy. Because God knows all things, He was accurate in His description of Job’s character. That did not mean that Job had no more progress to make in His spiritual life. The rest of the book of Job is painful to read. God, for His Own reasons, permits Job to suffer greatly. He loses his possessions, his family, his status in the community, and his health. His erstwhile friends are worse than useless. Their tone-deaf explanations add to his burdens. Job has ground to gain spiritually and God allows Satan to afflict him to a certain degree. What God knows is that He will increase Job’s spirituality vastly by the experiences he endures. If we consider Job’s conclusion at the end of the book we will see what God has done in his life even to the point of showing him Christ. This makes a survey of Job’s experience worth our time and attention. We want to see where his affliction brought him and learn where ours will bring us.  

Our Good and Wise God, 
we rejoice at the work that You have done  
in the lives of people in the past. 
We praise You that You set it before us as an example. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning