The Lord Gives, Takes Away
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The Lord Gives, Takes Away
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How do you praise God when you lose everything?
In Job 1, a good man loses his wealth, his servants, and all ten of his children in a single day — yet he worships God. In this study, Dr. Toby Holt opens the book of Job and the hardest question in life: how do we trust God when everything collapses?
Job is introduced as a blameless, upright man, the wealthiest in the East. Behind the scenes, Satan accuses him before God, claiming Job only loves God for his blessings. God allows Satan to strip away Job’s possessions and children, and in one terrible day it all comes crashing down. Yet Job falls down and worships, saying, “The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away.” Dr. Holt explains that God prizes Job’s character, not his comfort, and that real faith rests on who God is, not on our circumstances.
Questions this study answers:
1. Why did God allow Job to suffer? Not because Job had sinned, but because God prized his faith. Satan claimed Job only loved God for his blessings, and God allowed the test to prove otherwise.
2. How could Job still worship after such loss? Because his faith rested on God Himself, not on his circumstances. He trusted that the God who gives also has the right to take away.
3. What does Job 1 teach us about suffering? That hardship can come even to the godly, and that God remains in control. Faith stands on who God is, not on how comfortable life is.
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” — Job 1:21 (NKJV)
Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary in Colorado Springs. He is known for clear, down-to-earth Bible teaching, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio.
Listen and go deeper: This sermon is part of the Job Explained study from New Geneva Theological Seminary. Find more verse-by-verse teaching across the Bible at newgeneva.org. To support this teaching ministry, visit newgeneva.org/give.