Have You Considered?

Job 1:6-12 (NIV)

6 One day the angels ^[a^] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan ^[b^] also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"

Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."

9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. 10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."

12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger."
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

Satan accuses Job of only following for what he can get rather than having a heart for God. His accusations reflect and reveal his heart, a heart ruled by selfishness.

In the end Job is vindicated. Though he questions and suffers, he still seeks after God.

Why do we have this story? Why would God do this? It teaches. It spoke to Job, Satan, and to us. God is sovereign and blesses those that love Him. Our time on earth is for finding Him and remaining in Him in the midst of our struggles and joy.