When we are fearful we can be spiritually manipulated, so we are in danger. Ironically it can be our fear that puts us in danger, not the situation itself.

Many people think that satan had no knowledge or awareness of Job before the conversation with God and God almost sold Job out to satan, saying 'hey do you know about my servant Job? Why don't you attack him?'

Remember satan is not God's opposite. God has no opposite. God is all knowing, or omniscient, God is everywhere at once, or omnipresent.

So satan walks in and God knows where the enemy has been and what the enemy has been thinking.

There is none like God anywhere.

It is important for us to lead our wives and our children whenever things get difficult.

Whatever we fear, besides God, opens us to spiritual confusion, bad decisions and spiritual attacks.

In the New Testament Jesus, Peter and Paul all speak repeatedly about our need and command for three conversions:

1. Conversion to Christ
2. Conversion into a community (the Body of Christ)
3. Conversion to the call/mission (Seek the Kingdom of God first, Workers in the Harvest)

It is called the Great Commission, not the great suggestion, not the great Omission, but the Great Commission, meaning we are all called to it.

God will never tell anyone to not honor their commitment. God will not tell anyone to not honor their word. When someone does not honor their commitment or word it is the flesh and putting themselves over the needs of others, there is no excuse.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

"Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

With every bone in my body I will praise him:
"Lord, who can compare with you?
Who else rescues the helpless from the strong?
Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?"

Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?

5 Who is like the Lord our God,
Who dwells on high,
6 Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?
7 He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
8 That He may seat him with princes —
With the princes of His people.
9 He grants the barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"

Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!"

So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."

And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said,

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?"