Job and His Family

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Job 1vs 1-5, 2:7-10

Job and His Family in Uz

 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East. 4 And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly. Job 2: 7-10 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 Then said his wife unto him, dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Lessons from this Scripture:-

·        Job was a man who was full of integrity – a man of honest report, truthful and sincere in his dealing with God and man.

·        He feared and worshipped God – he was obedient and faithful to the call of God.

·       He hates any thing called evil (sin).

·       Job is also a family man; he has one wife and seven children.

·       He had great possession and various business ventures; he was very rich yet he did not allow his wealth to take hold of his life. The fear of the God was core to his heart and nothing else even his wealth unlike the young rich ruler in Matthew 19:16-22 who was encumbered by his possession that he had the Lord Jesus ministering LIVE AND LIFE but could not follow due to his love for his wealth.

·       Job is an example of a rich man who entered the kingdom of God, despite Jesus saying in Matthew that it will be very hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. This was made possible by the positioning of Job’s heart on heavenly things.

·       He trained his children to live in love and unity, no quarrels among them.

·       Job was concern for the spiritual welfare/wellbeing of the children.

·       He was the priest of the house; all his children come to the altar as at when he called them.

·       He was a father who consistently intercedes for his household.

·       However, Mrs Job did not agree with her husband’s vision.

·       In fact we do not know her name.

·       She seems to be a woman who only knows God in time of comfort and she showed her displeasure when comfort and riches are seized to flow. She is like those people who would say that I may know him and the power of his resurrection however have nothing to do with the fellowship of his suffering and cannot be made conformable unto his death.

·       She is a woman who attends family prayer alter yet her heart is far from God.

·       Lord do not allow me to listen to the whispers and lies of the tempter.

·       She was not kind to her husband and spoke harshly to him – to curse God and die.

·       Job response to the wife was to admonish her and explained God’s goodness and greatness to her.

Prayers:

·       Thank you Lord for your tender mercy over our families.

·       Thank you Lord because you have brought light into our homes and you are guiding our homes into the way of peace and righteousness.

·       Lord envision the head of our families just like you did for Job as the head of his family.

·        The head of Christ is God and he replicated the life of the father to us therefore Christ is the head of man and he want to replicate his life through the man to his family. Lord we are asking that our heads (husbands) shall replicate your own very life to us. John 14:7-11 and 1 Corinthian 11:3

·       Lord give our husbands a sincere heart to follow you all the way.

·       Lord forbid it that i will be like Job’s wife.

·       Lord help me that what comes from the heart of my mouth will be to encourage, love and respect the authority that you have placed over me no matter the situation.

·       Lord let my response silence the accuser of my soul.

·       Job said in the past I heard about you, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. Job 42:5.


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