Today's Favorite Verse: Job 1:12

Today's Favorite Verse: Job 1:12
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD."

As I was reading the conversation between the Lord and Job it made me think of the pre-existence, and council in Heaven. Satan or Lucifer knew the plan and would have been there before his rebellion. I wondered if some of these conversations happened before or after? One thing is for sure, we are all here on this earth to be tried and tested. We can do everything right and still have harm come upon us. The difference is who we turn to during the dark times of our lives. If we turn to God we will be embraced and comforted and given strength to endure. If we turn away from God we perish and do not have peace. All of us are Job. The challenge is being able to say "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."

The other thing I pondered on was Satan does have power. The footnote to the word power says "Probation, Probationary". The fact that we are mortals upon this earth in a probationary state means we are allowed to be tried and tested. Satan has power on this earth only as the Lord permits and that we give to him by yielding to his temptations. The question is "Do we allow trials to draw us closer to God or further away?"

"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;"
(Abraham 3:25)

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