In the course of one day, Job received four messages, each with separate news that his livestock, servants, and ten children had all died.
He continued to be a faithful servant. He still prays to God. He persevered.
Job's faith was tested and he passed the test. And for his faith, God rewarded Job with twice what he had before.
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” That's what Jesus said on the cross before he died.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Job asked the question, too. But he kept the faith. And what did he get for it? Replacement children. PTSD.
Was it worth it to have been a faithful servant?
Or would it have been better to just curse God's name from the beginning? Where was God throughout all of Job's suffering and pain? He was winning a bet with Satan.
Makes you wonder where He is through all of the unfairness and inequity and cruelty in the world.
Where is He now?
