Job part 2-Should We Accept Good from God and not Adversity?


 
Key Verse:   Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.    Job 2:9-10

 

This week, Job will lose more than just his family and material wealth, which would be enough to destroy anyone’s faith! He will have to give up his physical health.  Yet this too God allows to reveal Job’s faithfulness.  When I think of my life, I realize I have little to complain about compared to what he suffered.  I like Job long to respond to tragedy with faith.  And like Peter to say:

 

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.  1 Peter 4:13

 

Read Job 2

·        Like last week, note what you learn about God from this chapter.  When you observe, notice His power. 

·        List what you learn about Job.  Look carefully for his response to circumstances and how he responds to further suffering and his wife’s comments.

·        Reread the chapter and write what you think Satan’s reasoning is.  What does he believe about people?  Does he still employ that tactic today to make us lose faith?  Read these New Testament scriptures and make note on what Satan’s tactics and power is in our lives today:

o   Matthew 4:1-11

o   Luke 22:31-32

o   Acts 26:16-18

o   2Corinthians 11:14

o   Ephesians 6:11

o   1 Timothy 3:6-7; 5:15

o   Hebrews 2:14

o   James 4:7

o   1 Peter 5:8

 

Jounal Prompt: In this chapter Job’s three friends came to be with him in his grief.  Have you been a friend who had to comfort others in grief?  Have you lost a family member?  What can you learn from this chapter in how to respond to these circumstances in life?  Do you think how his friends responded was what you would want if you were in Job’s position?

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