What if the good life demands moments? Job 1:1-2 – There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1:9-10a – 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? Extra Study God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain by Chad Meister and Jamie Dew God, Evil, & Freedom by Alvin Plantinga Common human answers to the “why” question: Moral answer: God’s blessings parallel our Cynical answer: Blessings are the product of Job 2:7-8 – So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes. Job 1:20-22 – Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and 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.” In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. God has an answer to suffering Job 1:10b-11 – 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.” Job 1:8 – “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?” We become Christians primarily for God’s , not ours