April 27, 2025

Satan goes back before God a second time after destroying everything Job had, including his children and all his wealth. He convinces God to let him destroy Job's health because he is sure Job will curse Him because of his deplorable physical condition. You've got to have sympathy for what he went through, especially when boils overtook his body. However, his wife, who lived through it all, seems nasty and encourages Job to curse God and die. We all say things out of anger that we should keep to ourselves, but she didn't, and her words ring out throughout every generation. However, she was living Job's torment, too. Everything he lost, she lost. She must have been grieving her children and the loss of her lifestyle, and now Job was sick. It wasn't easy for her either, but Job must have forgiven her because we know further in the story that they had more children together. At this point, Job's friends were better to him than his wife; when they saw his condition, they tore their garments, put dust on their heads, and sat down to grieve with him for seven days, not saying a word. 

It is hard when we come under attack by the enemy; we want to give up and go into hiding, but we have the power to overcome his assault by invoking the name of Jesus. Call out his name: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Then wait; you will feel a peace come over you. This peace will allow you to withstand the enemy's attack, and you will persevere through every adversity God permits. Stay armored up, and you will be able to stand when the enemy attacks.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 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