TUESDAY - 30TH AUGUST, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
STILL JEALOUS GOD - HE Cares Series 002
Job 2:6, KJV
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life."
Satan incited God against Job. If you know what incitation is, it is rousing or tempting someone to take action. Satan wouldn't stop talking, "do you think Job fears you without a reason." Remove all the reasons for which he fears you, allow his wealth disappear, allow his children perish, let him be deserted and let's see whether Job would still be that child of integrity that you boast of. God granted this and all Job had was lost. God while approving that he might be touched did all to jealous for Job.
Job 1:12, KJV
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.
He commanded Satan sternly first time "to not fall on him." What was God trying to do? He was seeking to preserve him. This is the jealousy of a father over his child. After the taking away of all he had anyway (which Satan might have thought would break and make him curse God but which didn't happen), Satan seeing his goal wasn't accomplished won't still let go. He kept pressuring. He told God, "skin for skin, everything a man has he'll give for the ransom of his life." Why would Satan be speaking suggestively like this? He was advising God to have him get unleased upon Job. God granted this but what permission did God give him again.
Job 2:6, KJV
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life."
Did you read, "but save his life." That's the jealousy of God over you. Despite how pressing all were on Job, God didn't allow Satan exercise one power. That was to take his life. Job could be afflicted with any sort of sickness, Satan could shoot arrows of denying thoughts into his mind and he may be humbled to become a man of sorrow and one acquainted with grief. However, Job is preserved because what could finally justify all Satan would do to him, God didn't allow it. He drew a boundary for Satan to go and go no further. If you're a parent here, I know you won't tell your three year old to carry a load the twelve year old would carry. You know their capacity. So, your mercy, jealousy and consideration would always weigh to each according to his capacity. That's what God did to Job. With that temptation , God granted him a way of escape. When God told Satan to preserve him alive, God was indirectly prophesying the end of Job - that he'll make it. Because Job's life was preserved and held by God's upholding word, he was able to live and recover all he had lost. I know a God who watches over you same way and wouldn't allow you to be tempted more than you can bear. Even with that temptation (that you can bear), He'll still with it create a way of escape (I Cor.10:13). This is God's jealousy towards children. He watches over us in this way. He reserves an area for Himself where we won't be swallowed. In all Job's test, even as Satan kept asking for more, his life was not handed over. If God weren't caring and jealous, He could have given that away to Satan to toil with as well. You know Satan, he's an opportunist. He'll kill Job the next second. He'll maximize that jugular delivered to him by God. Rather, God colonized that place for Himself. He called it the "tithe" that Satan must to him reserve. May I say to you, "let the earth be removed and planted in the waters, you're still in God's hands. He takes thoughts for you behind you and He's advocating for you even in all the pressures. Your end has bee prophesied. You'll come out refined as gold at day's end.
PRAYER: Thank you for "tithing" unto yourself my life. Thanks for this jealousy.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Job 31:1-33:33; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; Psalm 43:1-5; Proverbs 22:8-9
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