The Book of Job

Until relatively recently the only thing I knew about the book of Job was it was how Tom Cruise communicated with the terrorists in the first Mission Impossible movie.  Then, a couple of years ago, I did a "Bible in a Year" challenge and was finally exposed to the actual Book of Job in the Bible.

Job was a righteous and prosperous man, who was tested by Satan by losing his sheep, servants and children, then being afflicted by painful sores.  He was encouraged to renounce his faith.  He spends most of the story complaining about the trials his life.  It's a lot of him saying "Woe is me." 

I really didn't like this book of The Bible.  I dreaded the daily toil of reading about Job's life.

Eventually I got to the end of the Book of Job and realized what it was really about.  It wasn't about Job and his horrible life.  Job never gave up on God no matter how bad things seemed to get.  Eventually met God and was restored to health and even more prosperity than he had before.

We should learn from Job.  No matter how many trials and tribulations we face in life we should never lose hope and faith in God.  We will be rewarded in this life or the next.