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Monday, March 7, 2011

Job In the bible, a largely well known story is the story of Job who lost everything overnight but yet still remain faithful. Most people view the story as a story of faith, a story of a man who trusted God 100%. For the week, I learned about something new within the very same story.
Before the whole misfortune thing happened on Job, lets look back at the conversation the devil had with God.
Job 1:6

One day the angelsa]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satanb]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[b] also came with them. 7The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”

8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

12 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”



Wow! have you ever worked as a sales personal ? cause in the above scripture, God was recommending Job to satan ! God said that Job was "blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil" God was saying that Job is good ! like a salesperson, they usually will recommend to the customers the best product available ! God recognizes that Job was faithful, God fearing and shuns evil . He is saying, Job is great ! go ahead and test him out !
the rest of the story we all know. My first feelings upon knowing that God recommended Job was that, I want to be recommended too !

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