This is a continuation of yesterday's post regarding Job, and why bad things happen to the child of God.
Job's Faith, Why So Strong
Job 2, Job 13:15, Job 19:21-26
Job was a spiritual man, a family man, a burdened man for his family, but the book of Job teaches us that there is another unseen world, a spirit world. A prime plane of God and angels which Satan has access to. What happens in that spirit world affects what happens in the physical world, the two are not separate but intertwined and they affect one another. In this spiritual world Satan gets permission from God to unleash misery and trouble upon Job's life and Job suffered terribly. Job reacted in sadness but he worshipped God even in this terrible tragedy. Job 1:20-22 "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 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." He confesses that the LORD has a right to take away that which he has given, and he was going to love God anyway, even if God did not bless him. The teaching is this, Job's faith overcame the troubles and woes that he was going through in his life because Job's faith was in God himself. It was not dependant upon material blessings so therefore the material blessings could all be removed but Job's faith in God remained untouched. Job did very well. He lost his wealth, he lost all his children but he still kept his faith, but it wasn't over yet.