A True Test of Faith: Do we worship God for WHO He is, or what He has given us?

The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. (Job 1:7-12 ESV)

Satan’s big case against Job: He will only worship God in the good times, but if God took away all of his blessings, then Job would curse him to his face. Thus the vetting begins to prove his thesis.

Fiery trials come upon Job. He loses all his possessions and his children are killed in a violent natural disaster.

Satan has him on the ropes.

But just when he thinks Job will validate his thesis, the man of God… fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” (Job 1:20-21 ESV)

The WHY of our worship is critical in authenticated our faith.

If you lost everything you have today, would you still worship the Almighty? God wants us to love Him for WHO He is, not what He gives. This is the heart of true worship.