No 10
(Job)
“Have you
considered my servant, Job?”
When the Lord spoke these boastful words of Job to the devil, He knew
about Job and what he was capable of enduring.
I think everyone
has heard of Job…the patience of Job, the integrity of Job, the righteousness
of Job; all these expletives are his so when the Lord put him to the test, He
knew that he was able to withstand all the “fiery
darts of the devil.” His friends….if
we can call them his friends were not helpful to Job; mind you, they sat with
him 7 days without saying a word “for
they saw that his grief was very great” (Job 2:13). His wife wasn’t any better; she told him to “curse God and die” (Job 2:9). No, humanly speaking, Job was completely
alone in all his trials. Apart from
losing all his children and all his herds, he had many painful diseases in his
body to cope with; here are some:
boils from head to toe – 2:7; insomnia – 7:4; worm infested flesh – 7:5;
hallucinations – 7:14; decaying skin – 13:28; raging fever – 30:30; there are
many others So how was he able to
withstand all these horrible tests of his faith? I believe there are two things of which Job
was certain – he was certain of his God and he was certain of his own
heart. “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth: And though
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God” (Job