Job had a good life and trusted completely in God, but then many terrible things happened to him (for example, he lost all his children and fell ill). In spite of his terrible fate, he continued to trust in God. The evil things in his life came from Satan (the devil), who thought that Job only believed because he had a good life (Job 1:6-12).
Satan did all he could to make Job lose his faith, but Job continued to trust in God alone. His perseverance was finally rewarded: after Satan gave up, God blessed Job’s life (Job. 42:12). For us, too, the message is that trust in God is ultimately rewarded, now on earth or later in heaven. Despite the suffering that we see and experience every day in this world, both our life and our suffering are not pointless, thanks to God’s love.
