Title: Job's Dawn Commentary 3 (Job in Temptation)
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Yulbuk Dawn Job 3 (Job 1:13-22) Job under temptation
Trials, or hardships, come to everyone. However, most of them are the result of the problem of sin (error). It is causality. It is a self-inflicted thing. However, there are exceptional cases where this is not the case. There are sufferings for the righteous.
Paul said that there is no one righteous, not even one, but it was a matter before meeting the Lord, and Christians who are now recognized as righteous because of the Lord can also face the same trials, so this problem certainly exists. Today Job gives such an example.
If so, what are the trials or sufferings the righteous face? This is not the result of sin, but a test. It is the challenge of those who want to overcome that righteousness, that is, Satan. God never tests the righteous (James 1:13). It is impossible for Satan to look at such a righteous person. They keep attacking, which is a trial for the righteous.
Therefore, there are trials for both sinners and the righteous. What sinners receive is the price of their sins, and what the righteous receive is a test.
Today, the righteous Job is being subjected to such a test in an instant. He lost all his possessions and even his beloved children died at once. As God allowed Satan, he took everything he owned without touching his body.
I'm curious about Job's reaction. Job, who suddenly lost everything, can't help but grieve. He is expressing his sorrow indefinitely (ripping his robe and shaving his hair). Then he entrusts all his will to God, whom he believes in, about this limit that he can't control. Since God has given everything anyway, even if I take it again, I know that I can't do anything about it, so I rather praise God. He still exalted God, saying, “What does it mean?
It can be said that it is truly an amazing form of godliness. Indeed, as verse 22 says, in all of these things, Job did not sin, nor did he foolishly grumble against God (it was not God's work). How could this be? It's something you can do.
By the way. Surprisingly, you can see that many Christians accept their past misfortunes as a test and use them as training to become more mature by overcoming them (Lee Ji-sun). In fact, it's not like it doesn't happen at all.
I said that yesterday, but it can be said that overcoming this test is a way to repay the trust and love that God has shown me. I am also sending infinite trust to the trust that God has shown me. Only when we respond in this way will there be no more room for Satan to intervene. But if we fall down here and blame God, we will do what Satan really wants.
Dear brothers and sisters, if you believe that all things come from God, if you want to have faith as a righteous person, you are thinking of incomprehensible trials as Satan's tests. So, it's an exam anyway, so let's make up our minds to pass it well. Don't be shaken, don't commit the foolishness of turning your grudges and complaints on God, and focus only on how to overcome this. When we do, we believe that we will be able to overcome the trials we face in our lives more easily.
God does not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). There is no test that cannot be overcome. Therefore, when trials come to us, I pray in the name of the Lord that you and I will be able to see it as a test because I am a righteous person, and that I will not lose to the end, or that I will surely overcome.