Monday, March 26, 2007
Job 1:6-12
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. (ESV)
by Dale E. Rood
Satan, in his wandering aimlessly about, joins the crowd of angels coming before God. He has no purpose other than to steal, kill, and destroy. He is not concerned to build up but rather to tear down, and all he wants to do is destroy Job. Why? Simply because God delights in Job, and Satan’s chief desire is to undo whatever pleases God. But notice that even though God turns Job over to Satan to prove Job’s mettle, God still sets boundaries Satan cannot cross (v. 12). In the same way, know that God has established boundaries around you, even in the hard times.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
