What Have You Learned from the Book of Job?

Job was the saddest book of the bible I have read. Job's faith was tested but I also see that the devil "worked" God into letting him have his way with God's most loyal follower. He told God that Job would not hold faith if he were truly tested and God fell for it saying..yes he will...you can do anything you want provided he is not killed. So job suffered great loss and illness. In the end he was rewarded with a new wife and children...but what about the other wife and children? Were they so unimportant? I have a hard time with this particular story. I think that Job actually did end up questioning God didn't he..."why hast thou forsaken me?" I read this book as a child and I have been bothered by this story.

I love Job's story. It tells us how God rewards his faithful children. Being humble in the sight of the Lord and sheltering on God's love whatever state we are is really hard but Job overcame the trials that the enemy laid before him and God being overwhelmed for his faithfulness granted him with abundance in life. Always remember that God is too wise to be mistaken and its not God who let us suffer but its a trials enemy bring to our life to test our faith in our Almighty God.

There was a passage from Job in this week's Bible lesson from my church, Job 37:23 "...he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice; he will not afflict." That was to address the belief that sickness is a misunderstanding rather than the natural state of "man." In my faith we do not believe that good people have to suffer. We believe it is a choice that people make.

The book of Job is all about learning,and it is very interesting as well.basically the book of job was a crash between God and Satan,God was please with Job but the devil want to prove god wrong. so as the story goes as angel present them self before god ,and the devil him self also appear.Notice very carefully God and the devil knew each other very well,and even though he was banish from heaven he still have Opportunity to return when he wants. But on that particular day,the devil have something else in mind.God was bossing about Job,and the devil did not like it.So he told God to remove his protection from around him,and to test him to see if he would curse God.But it back fire on the devil ,he though Job looses everything he still stand firm in his faith love,and trust in God. So the book of Job is all about learning to trust and have faith even when all hell broke loose around you.

Truly a book with many lessons and we can learn much from reading and re-reading that book. Some lessons I have learned: Who is the chief causer on mankind's woes Why God allows suffering That God can take us through any trial That the righteous are rewarded beyond measure That God can do anything and everything That God's wisdom is beyond human understanding That is just to name a few things but there is so much more. Great topic!

I'm glad that I don't read Job in poetry because I probably wouldn't uderstand in because my understanding is so limited as it is LOL! There are two main things I got from Job but one I don't ahve time to speak about right now, it's just that one of my interests is very much creationism + dinosaurs, terasuars and the water dinasaurs. Job explains the actual existance of them in bible times and said they were created by God at the same time as Man, yay!

One of my favorite scenes in Scripture is the one in which Job realizes his position before God and utterly repents!

If it's the same one that South Park used as an example for something we can learn this, keep in mind it's just a cartoon and could maybe have it wrong. It teaches us that god can make people suffer just because he can and he feels insecure and has to prove a point to the devil of all people or things. The one thing I can say for sure though is that is a story and just that, a story, some say fictional and some say non fictional. I'm going with the fiction.

In my opinion, the book of Job shows us that being a Christian is not an easy thing. Suffering and persecution comes with it but the rewards are greater than we can imagine. The important thing is to have faith in God. He is the source of all our needs. He will never leave us nor forsake us especially in times of trouble. As it is said in Matthew 6:33, "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

I think my favorite verse is this: Job 5:17 [i] Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty[/i] We know our parents love us when they care enough to discipline. When God, our father, corrects us, we know that He truly loves us.

If I remember correctly, it is in the closing chapters of the book that God answered Job. And the story of Job simply tells us that God can do anything to us and we have no right to to question Him. Job, on the other hand, is faith immovable as a rock.

the question should be why does the faithful suffer more. the answer: because God loves us so so much! and satan can't accept that he lose a soul to God, remember that satan boast that he is better and he should be a god. So whenever there are faithful person who is completely faithful and devoted to God satan attacks that person, God allows it because He knows that His faithful children will become stronger and will not turn their back on Him, that whatever happens they will remain faithful, just like Job.

No I haven't Read the book of Job and I have heard of it. I did a Wikipedia of it and Now I know some of What it is about. As it Written Originally in Hebrew most of Us would need a Translation to Our Native Language. Thanks for an Interesting and Eye Opening Discussion.

I learned many things from the book of Job: The virtue of patience despite adversities; It is not God who is the source of our human suffering, he only allows it to happen; we are owned by God and to Him we shall return; Our material possessions are just temporary, all of these may vanish.