Job was a good man, Job 1:1 says “….This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil…”
it goes on to say that not only was Job good but he was also blessed
financially and “was the greatest man
among all the people of the East” (Job 1:3). So one day the sons of the
East came to present themselves before God and Satan came with them. God said
to Satan, “Have you considered my
servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a
man who fears God and shuns evil” (Job 1:8). And we know the rest of the
story how Satan tells God that Job is good just because God is good to Him and
if He would but stretch out His hand against Job, he would curse Him.
But beloved, have you considered what God says to Satan
after that? Job 1:12 says “And the LORD
said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself
put not forth thine hand.” “Behold” said the Lord, which would mean “Look”
or “See” or “take note of the fact” that all that Job has, is in YOUR (Satan’s)
power. Hmmm!!
Again in chapter 2 when the sons of the East came to present
themselves to God, Satan came. God reminded him that Job still held on to his
faith in God and when Satan told God that it was because God had not allowed
him to touch Job’s body, God said yet again
“…Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life” (Job 2:6). Interesting!!
Now remember God does not destroy nor brings any harm, it is because He chooses
to bless (Isaiah 54:15). Both of these statements made by God ended in “buts”
like Job had done something wrong and God, who is good, was trying to protect
him. So then there must have been a doorway open in the life of righteous Job
through which Satan could act and wreck havoc in his life. God told Satan to
look and see that Job was “already” in his hands.
In Job 3:25 Job says, “For
what I FEAR comes upon me, And what I DREAD befalls me.”
Beloved Job was in the hands of the Destroyer because he
feared. God clears this issue when he tells Isaiah about the inheritance of the
saints in Isaiah 54.
“In
righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will
have NOTHING TO FEAR. TERROR will be FAR REMOVED; IT will NOT COME NEAR
YOU. If anyone does attack you, it will
NOT BE MY DOING; WHOEVER ATTACKS YOU WILL SURRENDER TO YOU. See, it is I who
created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit
for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc; NO
WEAPON FORGED AGAINST YOU WILL PREVAIL, AND YOU WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT
ACCUSES YOU. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, and this is
their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.” (Isaiah
54:14-17)
Hallelujah!! Woooo hoooooo!!! This is the inheritance of the
servants of the Lord. So this explains why Moses in Psalm 91(Yes Psalm 91 is
written by Moses) says, “You will not be
afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Or
of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not approach you” (Psalm 91:5-7)
So coming back to the issue at hand, do bad things happen to
good people? Let me answer it his way, BAD THINGS CANNOT HAPPEN TO THE SERVANTS
OF GOD! Isaiah 54 says so. God says so. When the servants of God meet the
destroyer who forms weapons against them, no weapon formed will prosper and
every tongue that rises up against them will be cast down. Amen!! This elite
group of king-priests do not think about terror, neither do they fear. Their
thoughts are on the things that are true, noble, right, pure, worthy of praise,
admirable, things of virtue (Philippians 4:8). These people do not walk according
to the flesh but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:1), and therefore do not
fulfil the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16) bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:15). So when these servants
walk into a house the peace of God comes in with them (Luke 10:5) when they
touch a sick person, the sickness must go (Mark 16:18). They are the salt of
the earth, the light of this World, a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden
(Matthew 5:14). And Romans 8:19,22 says that the whole earth is moaning and
groaning, with birth pangs waiting for the manifestation of these, the sons of
God. Hallelujah!!
Beloved I have a very good habit which I have come to recognize of late. I do not concern myself with what goes on around me.
Politics, devastation, and disease nothing worries me because I do not read the
news. Trust me I am a champion worrier when it comes to things that concern me
but that must go too. We cannot add one bit to our stature by worrying or
fearing. Terror shall not come near us. We as sons of God must not know any fear
except the fear of the Lord. When people would ask prophet Kobus van Rensburg (I
honor that mighty man of God) what he thought about certain things that were
against him, he simply replied, “I don’t think about them.” Wow!! That is what
I want to say each time a pressing issue comes to mind! Hallelujah!!
So beloved, as a son of God, pray for the nations, pray for
the peace of the New Jerusalem which is above. Intercede for those who are
being lost that they might come to see the Light and believe in Jesus and be
saved. And as a son of God pray for the sick that they will be healed, not
taken away from suffering but healed to live long and for all eternity. A
thousand will fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand but it will
not come near you. For no weapon formed against you will prosper, says the
Lord!! Hallelujah!!
