Job 1:1-5
Prologue
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
4 His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.
Job 2:3
Job is Blameless in the Eyes of the LORD
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
Job feared God and shunned evil...Job was blameless and upright, even in the eyes of the LORD...Job even offered burnt offerings for his ten children to God, in case they had sinned...It seems that Job was a very, very good man in the eyes of the LORD...And as we read through the Book of Job, we see Job holding on to his faith, as he is tested...It seems he is tested on nothing he has done...Yet, the LORD allowed him to suffer and suffer greatly...
Is it possible that God allowed Job to suffer to be an inspiration to others in the future?...I have read this book more than any book of the Old Testament, and I have suffered with anxiety for over thirty eight years...Job and the Book of Job has certainly been an inspiration for me...