Job- Chapter 2

              Have you ever had someone in your life ever try to hurt you on purpose? It may be a co-worker or your brother or sister. It is not fun at all. Kind of mind boggling why any one would do this. Well, in Job chapter 2 the Devil is still up to his old tricks and on Job's back. Satan went to God and begged to have Job's health affected with ulcers and sores that oozed and itched. Bad visuals I know. More problems happened. Job's wife wanted him to curse the Lord for what was being done. What kind of crazy wife would tell her husband that ?! I know I would have to drop her like a bad habit if that ever happened. I am very glad Job had the strength and did not listen to her but kept his integrity. During this time of pain, Job's 3 best friends traveled from afar to comfort him for seven days and nights. Without saying a word, they saw his pain he endured and fell to their knees and prayed and threw dirt over there head and ripped there robes- which was symbolic for grieving in that era. 

              My personal notes and reflections on this chapter: I love how Job would not give in to peer pressure. He wouldn't curse God no matter what the cost no matter what was happening to him. He took the cards he was dealt and refused to complain. I hate to say it, but that kind of pain many would have caved in and thrown in the towel. 

I pray the strength of Job over every one that reads this. 

             Blessings,      

            Bobby

verse for reference:

Job 2 (New International Version)

Job 2

Job's Second Test

 ¹ On another day the angels ^{a]" style="line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. ² And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" 
      Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

 ³ Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."

 ⁴ "Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life. ⁵ But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."

 ⁶ The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life."

 ⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. ⁸ Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

 ⁹ His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"

 ¹⁰ He replied, "You are talking like a foolish ^{b]" style="line-height: 0.5em; ">[b]} woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" 
      In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job's Three Friends

 ¹¹ When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. ¹² When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. ¹³ Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

Footnotes:

1. Job 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God
2. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

New International Version (NIV)

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