You frame your question in a form that leads to second guess God.
It doesn’t matter why I think God did what HE did to Job. HE did it, and thus it was right.
Now, although I’m not going to pretend to ‘think why God did what HE did’, I can certainly state a couple of positive outcomes from God’s actions:
#1: We have the Book of Job. No matter whatever happens to us in our lives, we can look at Mr. Job and say – whatever happened to me is nothing. Job got chewed up like a Doberman pincher’s favorite rag doll, yet at the end he was still standing. God condescended to show Job a small portion of His Glory – and Job was satisfied. He was still leprous, impoverished, deserted by family and friends – yet sitting there in the dust Job was satisfied. Whatever God did was right. And we can take that with us. No matter what is happening, we know God knows and that He cares. We may not enjoy the suffering while it occurs – but we can rest in the knowledge that the Good Lord knows, and if our temporal suffering serves His purposes – we rest knowing that all is well. God has given us the invaluable Gift of His Word in the Bible – and we are to learn from all of His Words for “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works”.
#2: On a personal level, Job was a righteous man – and he knew he was righteous. Ezekiel even references Job’s righteousness, some 1500 years later, when he talks about Job, Daniel, and Noah being examples of righteous men in their generations. Nonetheless, self-righteousness does not get us right with God. Not by works are we saved, but by God’s Grace. This is the central message of the Gospel – we are saved by the finished works of the Lord Jesus Christ – not by any number of good deeds on our part. Job reached that point in Chapter 42 where he could only utter: “I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes”.
Job learned humility, and total reliance on God.
And that..was beautiful truth perfectly articulated.
No the question doesn’t lead to second guessing God. It’s just question to you not god. Of course it doesn’t matter, but I am politely asking your opinion. Isn’t that one of the reasons for forums?
Why do you think God wanted to teach Job such a lesson?
Amen and Amen!!
When you really understand Job, it a most comforting book. Our comfort does not lie in anything or anyone or any circumstance. It lies solely on the fact that God is a covenant keeping God who loves us and only allows things to happen to us for His glory in our lives - which is really our true joy. God revealed that to Job, and as you said, Job was satisfied. We should be too.