#BookofJob2 *Take this journey with me...*

Thanks for taking this Journey with me:-)  See yesterday's post for Job:1.  If you are just joining us here’s a brief summary of why I decided to study the book of Job:  To understand;

 • God for who he is and not for what he has to offer

 • Test of faith - God can give the devil permission to push us to our limits

 • Praising God through trials

 • Holding on to God’s word by faith and rejecting false prophesy to make life easier / to ease our pains

 • The meaning of endurance, faith, hope & understanding God’s word

The below text is in New Living translation, my personal preference.  Go to Biblegateway to convert to any bible version you prefer.

• Job 2  - Job’s Second Test

2 One day the members of the heavenly court  came again to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. 2 “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan.

Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

3 Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

4 Satan replied to the Lord, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life. 5 But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

6 “All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.” 7 So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. 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’s Three Friends Share His Anguish

11 When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. 12 When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to show their grief. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

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Personal Notes from this chapter

*  Job’s Tests:

 - 1st test - Chapter 1 - Job lost his wealth, his entire family & all his processions

 - 2nd test - Chapter 2  - Satan attacked  his health with boils from head to toe Job 2:4-6

 - He still stood by God despite his wife’s unbelief/thinking that his situation was so hopeless that he should just curse God & die. Job 2:8