Job was proven to be an honest man (because he blessed God despite his loss), contrary to satan’s accusations who simply hated him because God loved him. The accuser was also looking for every means possible to cut that tie between God and Job, the same way he has successfully cut ties with some of God’s children with God and he’s still trying to cut other children’s ties. You see, satan accuses God’s children before God and accuses God before His children. You ask how? By accusing us before God and whispering lies to our ears that God is not faithful to His word or promises.
One will wonder why God still permitted satan to come to present himself before Him like other angels and even went as far as having a conversation with him, well, that’s part of His faithfulness. If He could grant him audience, how much more ‘We’ His beloved children. Now, that’s not to say our God condone’s his evil activities , NO!. He is a just and righteous God, who is slow to wrath and gives chances for repentance (2 Peter 3 vs 9 and Nahum 1 vs 3) .
Whichever way/manner the accuser comes at us, we must stay with God (if you’ve never accepted Jesus into your life, please say this salvation prayer: Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, your word says whoever calls on the name of the Lord and confesses Jesus as his Lord and believes in his heart that He was raised from the dead will be saved. (Roms 10 vs 9-13). I call on your name Jesus and I confess you as my Lord I believe that you were raised from the dead to pay for my sins and I thank you for doing that for me. Now I know I’m saved in Jesus name amen) and not let go because our God is TRUE AND FAITHFUL. He can NEVER LIE, He doesn’t have a track record of a liar, so He’ll never delve into that not now, not in the future..
As citizens of God’s kingdom, we must have a time schedule of meeting/communicating with Him. I know as believers it’s sometimes difficult to pray especially when grieving, we still need to keep at it because prayer is like touching base with your head office (in the case of an Organization) and giving account of our activities outside our station. Consistently keeping to this act simply releases divine healing, peace (in the case of the one grieving) promotion etc to us and makes God vouch for us the more and as such he’s pleased with us.
As we approach the end of Q1, what’s your KPI like before God? Have you been listening to the voice of the accuser that God is not faithful whether in some areas or in all areas of your life or you’ve deliberately resisted the voice of the one accusing God? There’s still room for a realignment with God as we approach Q2, it’s not too late to renavigate if you fall into the category of the former.
Shalom 🕊️
Bimpe Lawal