and my worst fears have all come true.
(Job 3:25 CEV)
Many have erroneously thought it was God who permitted satan to buffet Job and make him suffer so he would be humble. That's
not true! job's fear was his undoing! By voicing his fears, he created a platform for satan to come in and mess things up in his life. Job was a man whom God had greatly blessed and protected. Satan knew this, for he said, "hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land" (Job 10:10). Satan had hitherto tried to attack Job and found that the man was heavily fortified by God; there was a spiritual hedge of protection around him. How then did satan gain access through that hedge to attack Job? Job 3:25 reveals what happened: Job allowed the spirit of fear to take a hold of his heart. Despite God's protection over his life, which even satan attested to, Job lamented, "...the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came" (Job 3:25-26). Hence God said to satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power..." (Job 1:12 CEV). Job's problem was his fear, and fear hinders faith. Fear is actually negative faith; it's a demonstration of faith in the ability of the adversary to hurt you. And according to the scriptures, God doesn't alter His Word. The moment job started talking his fears, he was digging holes in the protective hedge God had built around Ecclesiastes 10:8 says, "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and who breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him." Job delivered his goods to satan through the perverseness of his lips—by talking and acting fear. Never talk fear or give voice to words inspired by fear. Continually fill your heart with the Word of God, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." (Matthew 12:34). When you fill your heart with the Word, your mouth will of necessity speak from the rich deposit of the Word in your spirit. I that way, in moments of crisis, you'll find yourself uttering God's Word of faith and power that'll change things in your favour.
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