In Job, chapter forty-two, verse ten, the restoration of Job’s fortunes reveals God’s purpose for all faithful believers. God had allowed Job to suffer for reasons that Job did not understand. God never allows believers to suffer without a spiritual purpose, even though we may not understand the reasons. We must trust God in such circumstances, knowing He will do what is eternally best for His kingdom and us.
Job’s reconciliation with God and his reception of abundant life emphasizes that no matter what hardships or pain the faithful must experience, in God’s own time, He will reach out to help those who persevere and give them total healing and restoration. In the New Testament, James five, verse eleven, “Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.”
Every person who remains faithful to God amid the trials and afflictions of this life will ultimately come to that joyous and blessed state when he or she enjoys the presence of God for all eternity.
Job was initially a perfect and upright man before God, one who feared God and eschewed evil, as in chapter one, verse one. However, Job did not expect the upcoming tests and trials that he experienced. Job’s three friends did not understand who gave their opinions, nor did his wife, as she suggested in chapter two, verse nine. Still, Job did not blame God because he showed he had a heart for God, as his response in chapters one, verse twenty-one, and two, verse ten, show he had a heart for God. Many in Job’s position may follow his wife’s advice but not Job.
Despite the brutal experience, he did not make remarks that came out as complaints based on his perspective. After all, he was living right and doing all the godly things a family man and servant should do to obtain God’s favor. However, there is a spiritual purpose to all this Job experienced, even if it did not make sense to him. As the Lord spoke to Job from chapters thirty-eight through forty-one, he realizes and repents mercifully before God. Many people at this point might be mad at God and might have bitterness against Him.
Serving God from the physical side and not the spiritual while having a personal relationship with God will make it impossible to overcome. The blessings and all the Word of God states will not come to fruition because the physical self must be under subjection, and the inner person must be leading, not the carnal. Where many church people fail is because their relationship with God does not exist. Their prayer life is dry, and their flesh is leading, not the spirit. If this is the situation, how can anyone expect the Word of God to manifest in their life? How would you respond if a fraction of what Job experienced is in your life? The outcome depends on where you are spiritually with God because we would not know until the test happens.
Job received back more than he lost because spiritually, he increased, and it showed based on his reaction toward God from the beginning to the end of the trial despite his complaints concerning the matter.