Job 2:4-5, So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! YES, ALL THAT A MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE. BUT STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND NOW, AND TOUCH HIS BONE AND HIS FLESH, AND HE WILL SURELY CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE!”
Satan said that Job would give up everything as long as he keeps his life! There is some truth to this statement; remember Peter when he was scared; he denied knowing JESUS!
Mat 26:74, Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I DO NOT KNOW THE MAN!” Immediately a rooster crowed.
Job 2:6-7, And the LORD said to Satan, “BEHOLD, HE IS IN YOUR HAND, BUT SPARE HIS LIFE.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and STRUCK JOB WITH PAINFUL BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT TO THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD.
Job’s pain was relentless (Job 30:17), he lost his kids, his wealth, and he brought down to nothing! YET he still held fast to the LORD!
Job 2:9, THEN HIS WIFE SAID TO HIM, “DO YOU STILL HOLD FAST TO YOUR INTEGRITY? CURSE GOD AND DIE!”
Job’s wife was also suffering, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SATAN SPEAKING THROUGH HIS WIFE! REMEMBER WHEN PETER REBUKED CHRIST! JESUS SAID TO PETER!
Mat 16:23, BUT HE TURNED AND SAID TO PETER, “GET BEHIND ME, SATAN! YOU ARE AN OFFENSE TO ME, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
JOB HELD FAST TO THE LORD FOR HE KNEW HIS GOD! IN ALL HIS AFFLICTION HE DIDN’T SIN WITH HIS LIPS. JOB NEVER LOST SIGHT OF HIS GOD FOR HIS MIND WAS FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE LORD!
Col 3:2, SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH.