Job 1:6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan.
“From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and from walking back and forth in it.”
8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
12“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.”
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
These verses amaze me. “One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.”
Satan has limited power, the Lord restrains him. He had to give Satan permission to affect Job and his family but in these verses he is instructed “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.”
If we could see into the spiritual world, what would “a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns”. look like? A bright light from heaven shining down on Job, his family and property? An angel standing guard over him?
2Cor 1:21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, 22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
Don’t be afraid when you go out into the world today, you have His seal and His Spirit. Satan is restrained from touching you too!
Blessings, David
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