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His children. It is not so, not in a million years. God is the One who loves
you so much. God brings your name up to him. The way some Christians
grieve about Satan, you would think that God had nothing to do with their
lives. You would think that God had nothing to do with what is
happening.
WHY DOES SATAN WORK?

All right, let’s move on to the fifth question. Why does Satan work? The
answer to this question goes a little beyond the first two chapters.
Actually, it includes the whole book of Job. Why does Satan work? Let
me give it to you in the words of James 5:11, “You have heard of the
endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings,
that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful.” Personally, I like
the King James better. “You have heard of the patience of Job and
seen the end of the Lord.” “The end of the Lord”. If you read Job, it
looks like you have seen the end of Job. What it means is we have seen
the end that the Lord had in mind.
Why does Satan work? Here is the answer. To accomplish God’s
purposes. That is why he works. I love to relate the end of the book to the
beginning of the book. Was Job a better Christian before Satan did his
work on him or after? The answer is an unabashed after! Without fear of
contradiction, Job was far better AFTER Satan worked then BEFORE. I
like to put it this way and say: “God makes Satan sweat to make me a
better Christian”.

Editor’s Note: Many years ago when I came out of what
many of my friends and family called, a “Job
experience”, I asked the Lord about His boasting of Job.
Many believers have all kinds of opinions on the book of
Job but really have never taken the time to actually read
it. You will find Job to be anything but patient and
quite mad at God. I could relate very much with his
combative attitude and in some ways it helped me
accept my own bad behavior. The Lord spoke to my
spirit and simply said “When I was bragging about Job I
wasn’t talking about Job in the beginning of the book. I
was talking about Job at the end.” He showed me that
He sees the past, present and future all at once and
cannot see us without seeing our entire lives. When He
spoke to Adam and Eve He saw us and all who would
come after us. The New Testament confirms this in I

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