FBC Gridley

Job's life just absolutely fell apart. It seemed like everything that could go wrong for him went wrong. He began one day as a multi-millionaire and then through a series of bizarre circumstances he lost everything that he had, and he ended the day absolutely broke.

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But then something worse happened. A tornado evidently hit the home of his oldest son, where all ten of his children were partying and all of his children were killed.

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And Job was just devastated.

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Then his health broke. He became afflicted with boils from his head to toe. And there was no relief from this physical anguish.

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Then his wife, the one close relative he had left, sneered, “Why don't you just curse God and die?”

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But Job didn't. He was a man of integrity and a man of great faith. And he said, “Shall we receive good at the hands of the Almighty and not evil?”

He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”

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In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.   Job 2:10

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But at this point, Job must have thought, “At least it can't get any worse than this. I've suffered the worst blows that any person could ever take, and it's over. And I'll soon begin to feel better and rebuild my life.”

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But Job was in for an experience that few people understand unless they go through it, and that is—deep wounds take a long time to heal.