I Will Bless The Lord At All Times- Part 3 Series

The next thing we are going to see is Chapter 2 verses 1 through 10:

1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

4 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job, over here, if you look at it, it’s like a movie, Satan coming and talking to the Lord, this is the reality that happens to all of us like what really happens in the world that we cannot see. Satan is trying to do everything he can to show God that Job is going to fall. God knows Job and He is saying I’m going to show you – now Job is in the midst of everything. But God knew that "Ok, even if take everything and I am going to give him back." Now, satan comes there to attack to his body, and give him pain. Already, he is in pain. He has lost everything and he has lost his children, that itself,… when you lose children... a lot of people they don’t even come out of it until the day they die. He has lost all his children. With that, like he does not even have time to mourn. There is no mourning because he is now covered with boils all over, he is scratching himself and he is in a lot of pain. And, on top of that, the wife who is supposed to be next to him and comfort him, basically, what she is saying is “you die.” Curse God and die, I don’t want you living like this. So, that’s no comfort... so now it’s is adding to physical pain with emotional pain. The one that he trusts, the one that he loves, she is coming against him, and she is saying, “curse God” the very person that he loves, and she is telling him to die. And so that’s so very painful thing that Job was going through. With all that was happening with Job, he didn’t curse God during all this time because he is a worshipper of the Lord. Job’s wife is telling, how long you’re going to hold on to your integrity, that means telling them how long, you are going to keep worshipping this God. How long you’re going to keep thanking God. When you are receiving so many bad things, that’s when he is saying, I thank God, I bless Him when I have good times, shouldn’t I not bless Him when I have bad times. That’s what he was telling her. So, you see Job’s integrity even when his body was affected. Now we are going to see how much more he was going through. It didn’t not stop over here. We turn to Job chapter 19 verses 1 and 2; and 13 through 21; how worse can it get for somebody, how much they can hold on till, and how long they can hold on till.

Job Chapter 19 verses 1 & 2:

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Now we have Job’s friends come. They didn’t just stay at home They are coming there to hurt him, to break him into pieces. Already, his body is broken, he has lost everything and now they are coming in to accuse him. He is like vexed because they are constant, it’s not like a one-time thing they come, but they are constantly coming and they are vexing him. Now we’re going to read verses 13 through 21 of the same chapter.