Consider my servant

I’m back reading in the Old Testament. I took a little break for a while and only concentrated on the epistles. Last night, I picked up where I had left off in the OT, and I’m now reading from the book of Job.

Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

That is quite high on the pedestal. We often give each other complements here and there, but to have the LORD speak and think thus of his servant Job is flooring. It is God who first brings up Job, not satan. The Lord gloried in His servant Job.

Wow, to have the Lord speak thus to satan concerning His servant. To have the almighy God speak "consider my servant"!!! Those are big shoes to fill, perfect, upright, fearing God and eschewing evil. Ok, so I had no clue what to eschew evil is and had to look it up. To eschew is to escape.

I know that this discussion between God and satan will soon bring up much hardship to Job, but only to avail. In the end, Job endures, God gets the glory and satan is defeated yet once more!

The closer our walk is with Christ, the more sanctified and righteous we become, the more satan wants to bring us down and snatch us away form our God. I think a "modern-day Job" could really sing the hymn "It is well with my soul" with all heart.

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot,

thou hast taught me to say,

It is well, it is well with my soul.

Refrain:

It is well with my soul,

it is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

let this blest assurance control,

that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,

and hath shed his own blood for my soul. (Refrain)

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole,

is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! (Refrain)

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,

the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,

even so, it is well with my soul. (Refrain)

I really delight in reading Job and for someone who loves history, it’s all the more enjoyable since the book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible. Those are my rambling thoughts for tonight, I shall now revert to my Bible reading and will soon go to sleep!