Job 1:11

  • Great Expectations

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “But reach out with Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face.”   Job 1:11  NASB Certainly – The story of Job is the story of expectations.  God expects Job to survive the test.  haśśāṭān expects him to fail.  Job, caught in the middle, expects God to treat…

  • Blind Spot

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”  Job 1:11  NASB Your hand– yadeka.  Your hand.  The pronoun carries a lot of weight here. This isn’t just any external force.  This is the hand of God.  That is uncomfortable. Do we ignore the bad in order…