Job 1:20-22 KJV
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21 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.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 2:11-13 KJV
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 16:1-22 KJV
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

The struggles in our world where are they coming from? Is it just normal struggles or from Satan himself. God allowed Job to be tested, already knowing Job's heart. God provided Job with three friends who spoke against him and Job. Yet these three men were provisions that may of seemed without mercy, but they remained beside Job in his misery. Job continued to glorify God in the mist of his misery and sorrow. If you examine some of the Psalms where David is speaking out of his misery, it much like Job's own misery. Yet Job has lost everything but a nagging wife and his tent. Job is in misery, he got boils on his skin that he scrapping with fragments of clay. He is in misery because Satan ask God to allow him to test him. God already new what His heart. Let remember Job's heart, why because before God he was righteous man. Before God he spoke not against God, but instead wanted and needed an intercessor to plead his case before God.

Job sin against God was to think he had the right to order or petition God in such a manner as to demand from God. Our leaders do not like people demand anything either, in truth perhaps it be easier to weep and wail then petition or make a request of them for anything. The holiness of God and his position demands us to come requesting of him in humbleness and humility. Not in anger but in willful submission to his will. Job demand for intercessor only speaks that he demand something God had promised, but in the will of God at the moment. It like saying God you got plenty of cattle in heaven and sell one of them so I have money. Yet in reality God does not want us to be using our plans to solve our issue, but allowing him to move in our life to solve our issues. The need for healing for a better life does not mean God going to grant or not grant it. It means if asked and not given at the moment it not his time, he wants to take and teach us something we can learn another way.

I was sitting and thinking about things if I was rich what would I buy. I began to realize those things were not necessary for living, and why would I want to buy those things. We often think about our situation and freedom money brings to our hand. Job no doubt knew how to barter, to purchase with silver, and yet his wealth of people and animals were gone. One thing you hear not out of Job's mouth is his financial situation, instead you see his misery his sorrow not at loss of wealth, but the acceptance of these things, of the attitude Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. What has Job lost but the things God had provide from the labor of his hands and his mind. Yet he took this as the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. No doubt tending herds he learned this lesson more then once. He did not see his financial situation come to a holt. He would have to begin anew.

His illness had caused him stress no doubt, no cure, no treatment and no solution. He had not seem to gone back to trying to find a solution to his finances instead he mourned with his friends. Did he have money in his own tent, we do not know, but we know Satan took all he had from him but his wife and three friends that were provision from God. Everytime one of his friends spoke against God, something else happened in Job's Spirit to speak the things of God. Yet he too wonder why God had placed him in such misery that he wanted to plead his case. Truth God had done none of things Job had accused him of, instead it was Satan doing, or God allowing Satan to test Job. God already knew Job's heart. Satan acting in ignorance to the knowledge God has. And it is with Job's friends that sat with him they had no knowledge of the conversation between Satan and God. The torment of the friends only kept Job's heart toward God in check, though his attitude was corrupted in how he spoke and ilreverance God in his speech and demand of intercessor.

Lord final speaks to Job and shows Job his glory, past his knowledge that when God brings Job to his knees, but also his friends, who he corrects because they spoke against God and his servant Job. Job his brought to his knees because his holiness is not equal to God, nor his righteousness in his ways equal to God. Job's works had no value in his salvation other then works because of faith in God. His faith intact because of the things of the world will pass away in our life, but God remains when we grow to old to climb a tree, to old to do many things. Faith stayed intact but his ability to demonstrate his faith lacked, because of his self righteous attitude of what did I do wrong Lord, give me a lawyer. His friends were not even the intercessor, but a thorn with the knowledge and need of intercessor to have someone to help work the problem out. Yet the problem Job had could not be worked out by good works, only the act of repentance of his lack of thinking he could demand of God to give him back what he lost.

The story of Job if you read the whole chapter in Job 42, ends with Job living happily ever after, after God restores him not only in to right position with God with his attitude, but in his wealth. God restored Job's three friends, what harm did repentance do his friends when he seen the love God had for Job to welcome Job's repentance and sacrifice.

This story glorifies God's knowledge in all the characters involved. He knew what each man need to get their relationship on the right track when he allowed Job to be tested. Satan thought he knew more then God when he tested Job, but he blind to the things God sees and knows. Remember your having a problem, look at the authorship of the trouble. Is it based on what we know about God or what people assume about God that is false. Job became the intercessor for his friends when he sacrifices to God for their sin and his.

Dear Heavenly the story of Job glorifies who you are, by not only position but the reverance of faith at the end of the story. Let us remember to come humbly with humility in reverence to you and your authority in our life. We fail Lord, forgive us, because you know heart before we ask or even repent. You know who we are and why testing occurs of our faith, because Satan does not believe you know all, or that your as great as you are, having no reverence for your authority. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

Continual Scripture Study: Job 42:1-9 KJV
1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.