FRIDAY September 10, 2021
Satanic Attacks
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
Job 1:6-7
God blessed Job incredibly. He was very rich and became the greatest of all people in the East. Job had integrity––blamelessness. He remained in constant fellowship with God. He was an upright man who feared God and shunned evil (Job 1:1-3).
Job rose up early in the morning to offer burnt offerings to God on behalf of his children. He said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts” (Job 1:5). In the book of Leviticus, which at this time was not written yet written, burnt offerings were sacrifices of consecration. Job prayed regularly for his children––not once in a while, but all the time. Job was the priest of his home––a strong spiritual leader. He did everything possible to love God and love his family.
Then came a day when Satan presented himself before God: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. Notice the words sons of God; in the Old Testament, this was in reference to angels. The angels came and stood before God. Satan was a fallen angel (Ezekiel 28; Isaiah 14), and even he had to check in with God.
God asked Satan a question: And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” God is all-knowing. He knew where Satan had come from, but He wanted Satan to answer for himself. This occasion gives us insight into Satan’s submission to God. In the life of Job, what was about to happen next was allowed by God. We are given insight into spiritual warfare behind the scenes.
God’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.
~Billy Graham~
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