Job Knew God....

Every time I read the book of Job I can’t help but look at his faith. He knew God. He knew Him intimately. When he lost all of his possessions and children, did he curse God? No. When he became covered in boils from head to toe, did he curse God? No. Why? Because he knew God. He knew that God is supreme. He knew that God can do whatever He wants. He knew that God is loving and just. Job accepted the fact that God is the One in control, not himself. Job stated that God gave him good things, and God took them away. It’s not our job to curse God, but to enjoy Him while we live here on earth. We are to enjoy the gifts of God, while we possess them. The problem is that we have mistakenly worshipped the gifts and not the Giver of those gifts. When they are gone, we still praise Him for the time we had to enjoy them. I think the problem with modern day theology is we lack this intimacy that Job had with God. Aside from Adam, in the beginning, Job was the closest example of what it means to know God from a human perspective. He had the right mindset because he knew God personally. He knew God was trustworthy and in control. We (myself included) lack this intimacy. Sure, we can know God from reading His Word (our Bibles), but do we really know Him as being real? A real, living, active Being, Who is involved in every aspect of our lives on a minute by minute basis. The reason people argue topics in the Bible is because they don’t know the Author of the Bible. If they did, I think they’d change their approach when reaching out to hurting people. Know God, know peace. No God, no peace. If you were to suffer through what Job did, would you be able to react the way Job did? Honestly, I don’t think I would. Would you?

20 Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. 21 He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb,and I will be naked when I leave.The Lord gave me what I had,and the Lord has taken it away.Praise the name of the Lord!” 22 In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God. Job 1:20-22

9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”10 But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. Job 2:9-10