The Most Disturbing Verse From The Book of Job Taught Me a Valuable Lesson on Fearlessness
There is nothing to fear but fear itself
I’m sure by now we’ve all grown tired of hearing Job’s story.
He was said to be a good man of great faith and prosperity but “the adversary” points out an apparent problem in God’s moral oversight of the universe.
If goodness is always rewarded, how can we know if it’s born out of love for God or desire for gain?
So God allowed the adversary to bring suffering into Job’s life to see where his heart really was.
He lost his wealth, his health, and even his children.
We’ve heard this story many times and I used to think that these tragedies befell him due to divine testing or the nature of existence itself, but after careful studies, I have a new thought.
Could it be that Job’s fears somehow contributed to the calamities he faced?
Let us unpack this.
What he feared the most
Job had ten children who would hold feasts in their homes to eat and drink. They could do it often because their father was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
