Loving God For His Own Sake

Job 1:1-2:10 Godliness is a good thing. The pursuit of godliness is a good thing. But have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I pursuing godliness?” Or to take it a step further, “Why am I pursuing God himself?” I do ABC, God does XYZ, and it’s all good. This might seem to have nothing to do with the book of Job but nothing is further from the truth. In these first two chapters Satan’s accusation against Job is that this is how he is relating to God. Thus the question of whether his relationship with God is genuine (or if anyone’s can be for that matter). It brings us to ask—Do I love God for His sake? I am in it for myself to get stuff from God? Or is the all surpassing worth of knowing the LORD enough? This is the issue at the heart of these first two chapters. So how can we know if we are in a transactional relationship with God? That leads us to the Main Idea—God sometimes allows suffering to prove we truly love God for His own sake.