Would You Curse God When It’s the Devil Who is Your Enemy?
Part Three: 1 Peter 5: 8
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Satan greatly misunderstands the breadth and depth of God’s mercy and forgiveness toward those who believe in Him. Satan believed that Job was willing to accept the loss of family and property as long as his own skin was safe.
We can be like that in a way. It’s like that when we see someone who is hurt or suffering, or who is losing everything and we say to ourselves that we’re glad it isn’t us.
Satan comes at you in many ways just as he did with Job.
First, he attacked Job’s family by removing his sons and daughters. Second, he went after Job’s property, and last, Satan attacked Job’s health.
In Job, chapter 6, verse 2, we see that Satan needed God’s permission to hurt Job but God didn’t allow for Job to be killed.
Job 2:9
His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Job remained faithful to God.
With all that Job went through, he never lost his love for God, and he never cursed God. Would you be able to say the same if you were in Job’s shoes?
People curse God everyday when they use language that is ungodly. Some people profane God’s name with no thought to what they’re saying. But when you live a godly life, you put away the things that are not of God.
For anyone who doesn’t know how the story ends, Job was given back more than he lost.
Job 42: 12-17
The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers. After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
In God’s house you do not need money, cars, and boats. You need only God; He will provide your needs.
Would the message of Job change if God hadn’t restored Job to his former blessings? No, God is still sovereign.
Don’t let anything come between you and God. If there’s anything in your life that you value more than God, get it out of your life! And don’t dwell on what you give up. God gave his Son for your sins.
You can never out give God!
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