Job 1:9
"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said,
Doth Job fear God for naught?"
It is evident that Satan was challenging the motive behind Job's worship and service to God. Satan wanted show that the reason Job was so faithful and lived as he did was only because God had blessed him. But we know this was not so, because Job served God from his heart. God's purpose in allowing these trials to come on job was to purify and strengthen Job's faith in Him.
God judges men on the motives behind their actions, not the actions themselves. I have heard it said many times over that, "if you don't fear the God you'll be sorry." First of all God first loved us so why would He want you to serve Him out of fear. Some believe that believer's will suffer even though they are living godly lives. However, this is not true of the christian life, nor of Job's situation. The Scriptures explicitly state that the righteous will be blessed in this life and that which is to come. We as Christians can expect times in our walk with God, that He will see fit to test the believer for the purpose of strengthening and purifying his faith. Amen!!
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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