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for mercenary is hireling. You see it in John chapter 10. A hireling is one
who does anything for pay. And he says, Job is just a hireling, he is just
for hire. He is surrounded by a hedge. Here is Satan’s reasoning. He says,
when the sea is all glass, and the pastures are all green, and the cupboards
are all full, and the bellies are all satisfied, and the bills are all paid, and
the job is well-secured, and everything goes well, and you have an
invisible shield around him, no wonder he trusts You! Anybody would
trust You if You did that for them.

But look at verse 11; “But put forth Your hand now and touch all that
he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.” Look at chapter 2,
verse 4 and 5. Satan is speaking. “However, put forth Your hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”
Oh, verse 4, I missed it. Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for
skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.”

Who is Satan according to these two chapters? He is the accuser. He
looks at Job, and he accuses Job. He says he is selfish; he is a mercenary;
he is a hireling; he married You for Your gifts; he married You for Your
money; he would curse You if You took Your hand off him, if You
removed the hedge.
Now, I realize we are looking at God’s revelation of Satan, but I cannot
leave chapter 1, verse nine, since God applied that in my own life. I have
got to get personal on this verse. Satan says, “Does Job fear God for
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

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