God is good, no matter what

Read Job 2.

Satan, "the accuser" (Revelation 12:10), stated that the only reason Job worshiped God was due to God's many blessings.  In other words, Job only obeyed God for what he could get from Him.   Remove the blessings and Job would no longer worship the LORD.  But Job's faith was not in his temporal possessions but in the eternal, unchanging One who created him.  He held fast to his "integrity" (v.3).  Job practiced what he preached.

When that did not work, Satan approached God again to accuse Job.  Test number two extended to Job's physical health and pain.  Yet, Job held on to what he believed about God.  His analysis of the situation is not natural.  It is natural to question God's goodness when things go awry.  It takes some spiritual maturity to see beyond the circumstances to trust the LORD no matter what.

"'Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive (disaster)?'  In all this Job did not sin with his lips." (v.10)

It begs the question, if there were no earthly benefits and we suffered the loss of everything, would we still "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind"? (Matthew 22:37)

Job knew and was committed, not to the good things God does, but in the goodness of God's character.  Good is who God is.

Psalm 86:5-"For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you."

Psalm 100:5-"For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations."

Psalm 106:1-"Praise the LORD!  Oh give thanks to the LORD, for his is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"