Job 1

Reflection Question

1. What are characteristics of Job that we see in Job 1:1-5, and why are they important for us to know about him and to consider about our own spiritual lives? 

2. What can we learn from Job’s response to sudden and intense suffering? What does his posture of worship reveal about his view of God?

3. How would you describe God’s role and Satan’s role in Job’s suffering? In light of Ephesians 6, what does Job 1 teach us about the nature of spiritual warfare and God’s sovereignty over the enemy?

4. How can we prepare our hearts to say, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”? What kind of habits can help us anchor us in that kind of faith? 

5. In what ways does Job 1 challenge our assumptions about God’s role in suffering and our responsibility to trust Him? How does this passage reshape our theology of hardship and worship?