- What does Job's description reveal about his character and status in society (Job 1:1-3)?
- How is "blameless and upright" related to "feared God and shunned evil" (Prov 1:7; 9:10)?
- What does this tell us about his integrity, honesty and devotion? His priority in life (Mic 6:8; Mt 6:33)?
- How does Job's concerns as a father for his children (Job 1:4-5) reflect his values? His piety and devotion to God? His worship and prayer?
- In the heavenly conversation (Job 1:6-12), how did Satan accuse and challenge God (Job 1:9-11)? How would the infliction of suffering from the 3+1 calamities that befall Job's possessions and family distract him from God (Job 1:13-19).
- How did Job accept his extreme losses, tragedies and sufferings (Job 1:20-22)?
- Why was Job acknowledging when he shaved his head (Job 1:20)?
- What does he confess about his wealth, possessions and children (Job 1:21; Gen 1:1; Eccl 5:15; Ps 115:3; 135:6; 1 Tim 6:6-10)?
- How could Job not blame God at all when he has lost everything (Job 1:22)?
- How do you suffer well during trials, troubles and tribulation (Jas 1:2-4; Rom 5:3-5; 1 Pet 4:13; Gen 50:20; Rom 8:28-29; Heb 12:10)?
- How is Jesus the ultimate job?
How can we respond to trials, adversity and suffering with faith and trust in God? Do you have strength and faith to face your own challenges? Do you gain a better understanding of the themes of suffering, faith, and trust in God that it presents?
Pray to reflect on Job's example of faith and trust in God despite suffering.
* Theodicy is a theological construct that attempts to justify God in the face of evil. It is a branch of theology and philosophy that attempts to solve the problem of evil. Theodicy is the question of how God can exist when there is evil in the world.
Theodicy literally means "justifying God." It is an attempt to reconcile the power and goodness attributed to God with the presence of evil in the human experience. Theodicy is an attempt to explain the coexistence of God and evil.
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