Satan's Jealous Heart

Satan's Jealous Heart “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? . . . Still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.” (Job 2:3-5)

We’ve been considering Lucifer’s lies concerning our beliefs in God’s word. He is successful in some ways in all Christian’s lives; for we have all sinned. If we say we have not sinned then we are calling God a liar. God said we all sin but we have an advocate (Jesus Christ) whose shed sacrificial blood cleanses us of all sin and continually wipes away our tear sins moment by moment. Those who are in darkness sin not against the commandments for God’s laws do not apply because they are not His, That is not to say that they don't commit sinful acts that must be brought to light, repented and forgiven or they will forever belong to the dark side and resign in hell with Satan eternally. The devil already have a host of worshipers. Those he simply keeps too busy to consider God or seeking light. Occasionally a few escape the devils grasp and slide into the light. When properly done by some receiving child of God, they become children of the light. Jesus Christ is Lord and as such He is that light. Satan struggles tirelessly to regain those he has lost. Most often his little sin invitations, melts in the blood of Jesus. In Job 2:3-5 is capable of doing to achieve hid capture of deserters.

God is confident in the love of some of us. Job was one of God’ finest servants on earth. He knew tempting Job would teach Satan a lesson in love. He gave Satan certain liberties in dealing with Job: all save his life. Without delay and grinning ear to ear, Satan cast destruction on the house of Job. He directed his forces to take away all that job possessed. Simultaneously, he swiped away Job’s children. Job shocked Satan. “Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly” (Job 1:20-22).

Sheepishly appearing among the “sons of God” again, Satan callously suggests that if God would strike “His hand” against Job—this time by ruining his health, Job would falter. First Satan attacks the soul of man. Failing there he tortures the body. Satan ask God to allow him to begin the second phase of winning back Job into darkness. He told God Job would rebel and disavow his relationship with God if he were made ill. All of heaven must have cowered as Satan maliciously baited God again. Confidently the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown” (Job 2:6-7).

Job boils itched badly. He crawled to the trash heap to find pieces of broken glass with which to scrape the oozing pus from his sores. Job’s wife of little faith screams a final slur in his face: “Curse God and die.” But Job simply says, “What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” (Job 2:10). Satan further raked Job soul and body without success. In the end, Job was restored ten fold for his suffering and loss. All because he never believed in any spiritual power save that from God. Follow this good example of Job. Let it encourage us to trust God even in times of woe. Know God, know peace 04-0502019 BLL