January 28, 2026
I’ve been doing the “Whole Bible in Less Than a Year” plan on my bible app, and it’s been taking me through the book of Job. Have you ever heard that the closer you get to God, the harder Satan is going to work to try to defer you? Well, I can tell you from personal experience how true that is. When I surrendered to God fully, the devil tried to deter me in so many ways! He messed with my marriage, my career path, my chosen church to attend, anything you can think of, he threw it at me! (I am happy to report, God seen me through it all – more detail on that later) Now in the book of Job, the readings have been a little bit depressing to be honest! So, a little brief summary of the parts I’ve read so far – the devil is trying to prove God wrong, like he always does. He tells God that the only reason Job is such a righteous and faithful man, is because God has blessed him so abundantly.
“In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen and dive hundred donkeys and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. (Job 1:1-3)
This man was so devoted to God; he even made arrangements for his sons and daughters to be purified after the sons would “hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them (Job 1:4-5). The book goes on to say how the angels came to “present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came with them (Job 1:6). Now I didn’t want to miss anything the Lord is trying to tell me here, so I looked up what it meant for the angels to present themselves to the Lord, and it means the Angels report on the state of affairs on earth, including the conduct of humanity (according to Google’s Al overview). It does not entail what was reported by the Angels, but it sounds like Satan was trying to call out God’s servants as he ‘roamed throughout the earth’ (Job 1:7), because God immediately jumps to a conversation with 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.” (Job 1:8)
“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and very thing he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” (Job 1:9-11)
Because Job’s faith was so strong, God accepted the challenge from Satan (no fun for Job of course), and stripped the man of his possessions, family, and riches. Of course, Job went a little crazy, but he STILL praised GOD! What big faith!
“At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. (Job 1:20-22).
Now I am only on day 10 of this study and I’ve reached Job 21. Job is going through some hard times, obviously, hence the depressing feeling it gives off. He starts wishing for his own death, in chapter 3, cursing the day he was born. He continuously argues with his three friends over the reasoning for this punishment, whereas his friends point out that suffering is for the wicked. Can you believe, even in this arguing, he knows that God must have a reason for this and still trusts in Him. However, he is beginning to vocalize anguishing, knowing he doesn’t deserve what is happening to him. That’s where my reading stopped, but I was curious! I wanted to make this post, so I did some research.
The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for tis friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. (Job 42:10)
It goes on to say how he was comforted by others for his distressing adversities and they replenished his money and God blessed him more than in his beginnings. I don’t want to skip around in the study I’m doing so I did read just a piece of chapter 42, and hope this urges my readers to read the entire book of Job! It pulls at your heart strings but also provides so much understanding in why things happen the way they do sometimes. I feel like reading my bible has always been where I’ve fallen short in my spiritual wellbeing. It is so interesting to me how every time I read something in the bible, I can compare it to something that has happened in my life. I’m not saying the exact instances that happened in the Bible happened in my life, but what these incidents teach me as a follow of Christ can be pulled out of certain things I have went through in my life.
Now in my eyes, the things I went through after my car accident were awful and hard to manage, but somehow, I managed to in relying on God. Yes, it took A WHILE for it to be fully revealed to me that I am here for a purpose. I had to find my way back! But guess what? I am finding my way and I’m still on His path! I can’t write a full testimony yet, simply because I feel like my story isn’t over. I will admit, I have struggled! There were definitely a few times I questioned God. Maybe I didn’t cry out in anguish exactly like Job did, but I came pretty close! Can you imagine having everything good in your life taken away, all at once? My losses weren’t exactly like Job’s either, but to me, they felt that big. I was completely cut off from everyone for months in therapy, I lost touch with friends, relationships ended and I didn’t understand why (yet), I had been pulled out of school from missing so many days (they didn’t know I was stuck in a coma!), and my life was completely flipped upside down! If only I would have been in my Bible like I am now! I would have never questioned Him! But like Job, I questioned the fairness of the world. I wasn’t as righteous as Job – though I thought I was. I still needed to learn more! Jesus led me in that direction; it just took time. Can you imagine having everything good in your life taken away, all at once? But still believing in God’s will? I’ll admit, that wasn’t me! Not at first at least. I had to learn to walk and talk again! I asked, WHY?? Why is this happening to me? I’m a good person! I believe in God! But you know what? I had to learn that just because we are a good person, and know God exists, does not mean we are set to go to heaven! We must surrender to Him! We must abide in him! Do what He says, no matter how crazy it may sound! Put HIS wishes above our own! I am learning more every day about God’s will for my life.
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