Job 2:3-6 ESV
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Read the book of Job. Satan is given free reign over the earth and is given the power to test man. It is a time of teaching and refining Job in his understanding and receiving of God. The same thing applies to each of us. God uses our life down here to prepare us for life with Him.
Job received a double blessing from the Lord for his faithfulness. Each one of us lives in the world of Satan's domain. He will do what he can to thwart God's work in you.
In the New Testament we see the parable of the talents where the faithful servants are rewarded doubly for their work.
Our work is believing God. We are tested during our walk on earth. If we are faithful, we will come into a life that is more abundant, and doubly so. We will enter the peace of His rest in the green pasture of His presence.
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