Re:Verse passage – Job 2:1-10, 3:11, 20-26 (day four)
So…do we really believe that God did not know where Satan had been? He asked, “Where have you come from?” He likewise had asked Adam in the garden, “Where are you?” God is All-Knowing, Omnipresent, and Sovereign over all…He was initiating a conversation to point out truth (or lack of it) in the world.
Satan was, and is, the very essence of evil. He truly believed that if God removed His blessing from Job, he would turn against God. Satan could not fathom a heart wholly devoted in worship to God. He thought that every action was controlled by our circumstances. Change the circumstances and the heart response would be different. This worldview could be very true if it were not for the presence and reality of God and His love.
What about your heart? Are you dependent on your circumstances in how you respond to the Lord? When trials come your way, will you lament your losses and turn against God or will you worship and exalt God? Let Job be our example…”Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
