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nothing?” Now, remember, Job is the representative Christian. What
Satan said of Job, he says of every Christian. Satan comes before God the
same way. Let me fill in the blanks.

Does Job fear God for nothing? Does Bill fear God for nothing? Does Jim
fear God for nothing? Does Sue fear God for nothing? Does Pat fear God
for nothing? Does Ed fear God for nothing? Do you see the impact of
this accusation? The accusation is that Job is subjective. That is, we will
serve the Lord, we will love the Lord, we will worship the Lord, we will
praise the Lord, we will abide in the Lord, we will trust the Lord IF He
gives us gifts, and IF He puts a hedge around us, and IF He does good
things for us.

WHY DO YOU SERVE GOD?
Now there is a heart searching question. Satan asked it. Does Ed Miller
serve God for nothing or does he do it for something? Do I serve Him
because of all He has given me? It is a heart searching question. I do not
know how I would have fared in Job’s shoes. I do not know my full
reaction if God removed my hedge. I have a hedge around me, and it is
a glorious hedge. If He took away His gifts, I wonder if I would trust Him
for nothing. If He never did anything for me, would I still trust Him?
Would you?
Now, let me just illustrate it through the spiritual gifts and then through
the natural. What if God took away the sense of His presence from your
life. So that you never felt that He was near. What if God took away the
blessed revelations that thrill our souls from His Word? I love to study
and teach the Bible more than anything else on earth. I don’t know how I
would survive. This illustration I suppose is foolish because it can never
be, but if God were to deny me heaven. That is, He said, “Ed Miller, you
cannot go to heaven, but instead I will let you choose some experience on
the earth and I will let you have that experience forever”. What would you
choose if God denied you heaven?

I thought about that. At first, I thought I would choose the times when I
am teaching. I love to teach. Going on conferences and all that is a real
blessing, but I would not want that forever. That is not what I would
choose. And I would not choose soul winning. I have had the privilege to
pull in the net and see people get saved, but I would not choose that
forever. And I would not choose fellowship with believers, as wonderful
as that is. And I would not even choose the social occasions I have had
with my dear family. I love my family, but if I had to choose one thing
forever, do you know what it would be? It would be the times that I have
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