Day 21 & 22

Please forgive me my readers and blog followers , but I have been under the weather for the entire week. I have been reading but I was not able to get on the computer. So I decided on this Friday night I will back track and write until I am at the current date. Most of this week's comments will definitely about Job and I will be combining them.

Job 1:1-3:26 KJV NLT
The Book of Job is very heavy reading. Job is seen by God as a a dutiful servant who would never curse him. He had wealth, a large family, a lot of property, and it pretty much seemed as if he was content in life . Now I guess it is around this time while I am reading that questions pop up. Here are the verses : ⁶ One day the members of the heavenly court^[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan,^[b] came with them. ⁷ “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.” ⁸ Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.” ⁹ Satan replied to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. ¹⁰ You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! ¹¹ But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!” ¹² “All right, you may test him,” the Lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

Why was Satan allowed to go to Heaven and be in such close proximity with God?

How come there were having such a casual conversation and not something harsh?

Afterwards , many horrible things happened to Job that would have left any other man feeling helpless and cursing God. He lost his family, his wealth, his servants, and his herds of animals. He even got a debilitating disease, and yet he just want to know what did he do to cause God to be angry with him.

1 Corinthians 14:1-17 KJV NLT

Psalm 37:12-29 KJV NLT
Passage Psalm 37:12-29:

¹²The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

¹³The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

²¹The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

²²For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁶He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Proverbs 21:25-26 KJV NLT
Passage Proverbs 21:25-26:

²⁵ Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.

²⁶ Some people are always greedy for more,
but the godly love to give!