UGC 111 Chapter Reading: Book of Job
4 Apr 2016
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God decided to test job"s character to see how his commitment to him would bear up under adversity. God boasted of job"s righteous behavior to satan. (job 1:8). Stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and [job] will surely curse you to your face! (job 1:9-11). God granted satan permission to strip job of his possessions and his family and to afflict him with excruciating boils (job 1:12-19). Job at first accepted his plight, saying, the lord gave, and the lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the lord (job 1:21). However, during his ordeal of loss and suffering, job gradually came to resent. This often happens to people in the midst of inexplicable calamity. Instead of seeing his adversity as opportunity for patience and for letting god mold him, job had grown in his resentment toward his creator. He closed his mind to the possibility that he could learn something valuable from his suffering.
