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Because he was a man who loved and honored the Lord, Satan wanted to prove that Job only loved the Lord because he had been blessed by much wealth. God allowed Job to experience the test to give us courage and hope in our walk on this earth. But evidently Job had a problem with the "big 3" because in Job 3:25 we read:
Fear always expects the worst outcome and also produces in kind as we see in verse 26:
Of course we can’t fault Job for this. He was a human being struggling in the same way that we struggle in similar experiences. The encouraging part is that whenever bad news came to him, he fell to the ground in worship and said: (Job 3:26) Job knew the secret. He trusted God so much, that no matter what happened, he could honestly praise Him because He was confident of God’s love for him. That’s a secret we’re safe to imitate. God’s love for you is no less. Listen to what He says: (support) you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10)
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In the Bible we are told the true story of a man who loved the Lord
with his whole heart. His name was Job, and we are told that he was ‘blameless
and upright, fearing God and staying away from evil’. He was a
very rich man and considered the greatest man among the people of the
East.
If God has commanded us not to fear or be anxious and we choose to
hang onto those areas, we must then call anxiety, fear and worry
by their correct name: SIN. It is a sin to tell our God that we do not
and will not trust Him nor believe what He tells us. We can trust
this Father who calls us his ‘sons and daughters’. His perfect
love will get rid of all our fears.|
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