If I Don T Know About Me?: A Biblical Story Of Job

I don’t know about you?

But I have always found the biblical story of Job very hard to comprehend?

Here is the story of a faithful man who we find there are no records of any great sins committed by him.

But here is the story of a very faithful Job being subjected to one disaster after another disaster in his life.

Of course I am the kind of person who is a sucker for the television evangelist that tells people that practicing Christian will live a life that is free from health issues.

That nasty financial crisis we have all faced will become a thing of the past; because all you have to do is be a tither.

When you tithe a hundred dollars you can look forward to finding in the good Christian tither’s pipe line a thousand dollars in route to

The liberty to sin brings terrible consequences into our lives.

I can’t imagine how I would respond if I found myself in the same circumstances Job found himself in.

Job 1.13-21

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. 13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s