Tues.’s Devo - Job’s Abundant Beginning

Read Job 1:1-11 I know that Job is a book many skip because they think it is too hard to understand and they don’t see the significance of it, but that is not true. Job is the oldest manuscript in the Bible. The author is unknown and it deals with the problem of affliction which our world can surely relate to. It gives us fundamental doctrines that we need to know and secrets into many mysteries of God, so I felt it would be a good place to study next. I’ll have to admit I am a little, no a lot, intimidated to blog about it myself , so let’s just rely on the Holy Spirit to lead us to truth. Job is from the land of Uz which means “counsel” which is why Job was so deep. He was like the philosophers or physiologists of today. Job’s name means “cry of woe”, so this book is his cry of woe. He was a very rich man who feared God, lived righteously, and hated sin. The Bible says he was perfect! The only other person the Bible says is perfect is Jesus. He had 7 sons; 3 daughters; 7,000 sheep; 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen; 500 she asses, and many servants. (I wrote these all out so we could see the numbers: 3- the trinity; 7 - complete; 5- grace.) He was so rich he was considered the wealthiest and most powerful man in the east. His sons had lots of parties where there was eating and drinking. When they would finish their season of partying, Job would come to their house and sanctify them and offer sacrifices in their behalf just in case they sinned and cursed God while they were drinking. It said Job had to do this continually which tells me they did a lot of partying. Verse 6 makes it sound like there is a day in heaven when the hosts of heaven have to come before God. Satan and his demons were part of this meeting. God addressed Satan and asked him where he had be hanging out. He told him he had been walking up and down the earth; to and fro. So God asked him if he had run across his servant, Job, who was perfect, unlike all other men because he hated evil and feared God. Satan had considered Job and knew all about him. He accused God of making his life so abundant that it was easy for him to trust. He challenged God to take away all his blessings and see the real Job. Lord, we want you to say of us what you said of Job that we were perfect, hating evil and loving you.