NKJV 365 / What kind of relationship did Job have with God?

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 215 of 365 What kind of relationship did Job have with God? Job's biography begins with a 4-part description of his character: "blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil" (1:1). He prayed for his children and was concerned about their relationship with God (v. 5) He was successful and wealthy - the stereotype of a blessed man. In fact, God adds His own glowing approval of Job, using the same traits that open the book (v. 8). Faced with the sudden crushing loss of everything - children, servants, herds - Job's initial response was to grieve and recognize God's sovereignty. "'The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.' In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong" (vv. 21b,22). Under the harsh judgments of his friends, Job eventually struggled to understand why God seemed unwilling to settle matters. Once God did speak, at least part of Job's problem becomes clear - he confused a relationship with God with familiarity with God. The Lord did not rebuke Job's faith or sincerity; instead, God questioned Job's insistence on an answer for his difficulties. By allowing Job to hear just a little of the extent of his ignorance, God showed Job that there was a great deal of knowledge he would never understand. As a creature, Job simply had no right to demand an answer from his Creator. Job's final words are filled with humility and repentance: "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (42:5,6). Job spent his last days enjoying the same kind of relationship he had earlier with God. He prayed for his friends and raised another family of Godly children. He lived a full life. Taken from The MacArthur Daily Bible Job 1:1-8 NASB 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. 2 Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the L ord , and Satan also came among them. 7The L ord said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the L ord and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." 8 The L ord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil."