Job Accuser

Human Suffering In the story of Job, the author illustrates human suffering throughout Job’s life. Job is the perfect example of how a Christian should be; his trust and faith in God is immeasurable to any other man. The Accuser is confident that he is able to break Job down so that Job will turn his back against Yahweh. This leads the Accuser to confront God and ask for his permission to test Job. Yahweh grants the Accuser the opportunity to tempt Job’s allegiance to God: “Yahweh said to the Accuser, “Everything he has is in your power, but do not harm his person” (67). The Accuser rids Job of all of his worldly possessions and even goes as far as affecting his health to tempt Job’s faithfulness to Yahweh. The Accuser indirectly causes
Now, the Accuser realizes the measure of faith this man has in God and decides to ask Yahweh for another attempt to persuade Job to betray God. The Accuser inflicts upon Job a gruesome skin disease affecting his entire body. At this time, Job’s wife is questioning why he continues to remain devout to God. Job’s wife, as many people today would, is advising Job to curse God. She does not understand why God would allow such things as these to happen to someone who is so God-fearing. While at the same time, Job understands this is all a part of God’s Will; he is willing to sacrifice whatever it may be to fulfill His plan. Furthermore, Job’s friends, hearing of his troubles, come to his aid, but after seeing Job from afar, they assume that he must have done something to make God punish him. His friends are saying that Job has sinned against God and that this is his punishment. In relations to today’s time, Christians often wonder why bad things are happening to them. They are unaware of His plan and believe that God is punishing them for their sins. When in reality, it is not of God’s hand that is causing the suffering; He allows the suffering to take place, because He knows the individual is strong enough to handle