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spent studying this Bible and having revelations of God. That is the best
time in my life – when I am studying and God shows His face. If He
were to hide His face from me, I do not know what I would do. That is the
best thing in this life that I have ever experienced.
What if God never answered another prayer of yours? Would you keep on
praying? What if God never showed you one evidence that He has ever
used you or will use you in life? You never had a chance to witness to
anybody. No one was ever touched by your life. No one was ever touched
by your testimony. You never had any fruit at all that you could see! What
if you never had any peace in your heart, ever, from now on until you die?
Would you still trust in the Lord? That is what Satan was accusing Job of
saying.

The only reason that Job served God is because he has everything
provided for him. He has peace. God has given him promises.
Everything is going right. He has a family. He has health. He has riches.
He has abundance. Everything is good. Would you serve Him for
nothing?
Now, I have only mentioned spiritual things. What about physical things?
What if He took your health? What if He took your family? What if He
took your home, your job, your security? What if you went blind or deaf?
You went senile? Your mind was deranged? You see, it is easy to be
critical of Job. What God is saying is Satan is an accuser, and he does not
have many ways to accuse. He always accuses the same way. He always
says, “Does Job serve God for nothing?” So that is the first area of his
accusation. Satan is an accuser of man.

But here is the other side. Included in that accusation, was an insinuation
toward God. He not only accused man before God, but he accused God
before man. Now let me illustrate that for you. Chapter 1, verse 11. It
says: “He will surely curse You to Your face.” Chapter 2, verse 5:
“He will curse You to Your face.” It seems to me as I read this that
Satan was not as concerned to see man squirm around in suffering and
poverty as he was to see God cursed. I think that is the thing that he
wanted. He wanted man to curse God to His face. Do you know what is
implied in verses 9-11? Let me read them again. Then Satan answered the
LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Have You not made a
hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?”
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have
increased in the land.
“But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will
surely curse You to Your face.” I believe what Satan was saying about
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