Bible Discussion Thread

Job was a perfect man, and he avoided evil. God blessed him, and put a hedge of protection around him, as well as his household. Satan charges Job with serving God for the blessing. Interesting that God reminded Satan hath he considered His servant Job. Satan walks to and fro in the earth seeking whom he may destroy, but he has to get permission to harm the child of God. Thank God that He has Satan on a tight rope, and he can only do to us what God will allow. While Job was not aware of the conversation between God, and Satan he passed the test. In one day Job goes from being the richest man in the East, to being the poorest man. Then he goes from being a beloved father, to being childless, and yet he proclaims naked came I from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away blessed be the name of the Lord. Job worships God for who He is, and not for what He had given him. We too must be tested in our faith, and God does not give us more than we can bear. Job was blessed with more than he lost, in the end. The bible tells us that a wise man waits until the end of a matter. Job confessed the Lord knows the way I will take, and when I am finished I will be pure gold. Gold to be purified has to be heated in a furnace to remove the dross, and then only pure gold will be the finished product. So God allows these trials to come in our lives just like Job, to purify us so that we will be pure gold. There is an end to all things. God knows the end from the beginning.