March 3, 2013

March 3, 2013

Read Job Chapters 1 - 10:

Job was a blameless man of integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. What does it mean to have integrity? To have integrity means that you have a quality of being honest and have strong moral principles, moral uprightness. How strong are our morals? Are we truly honest or do we let a lie slip from our mouths on a few occasions? 
The Lord allowed Job to be tested by Satan. Throughout all the testing Job still praised the Lord, he did not blame God. Do we blame God when trials come our way or do we praise Him? Job cries out during his suffering. Job is outraged by criticisms of his friends. His friends were criticizing God for everything that Job was going through, all the testing. Job was in pain when God allowed Satan to attack is body. The more Job was tested the more he began to cry out to God. He began to question why God was allowing him pain and misery to be brought upon him. Why did God allow Job to suffer so much when he was a blameless man? Job honored God throughout his life. Do we question God? Do we ever ask God, why me? Do we question God's reason for the events and trials He allows in our lives?