30 Five Kinds of Promotion

Job 42
10. And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.....
12. Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning.....
16. After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
17. So Job died, old and full of days.    (New King James Bible)

When Job came finally to the end of his earthly life, it is clear he no longer felt as he had during his trouble, that it had been a bad day when he was born.

Because of the restored blessing and favour of God on Job's life, he had lived a long, rich and fulfilling life: no dying before his time for this man!

Following the time of great testing, Job was promoted in 5 areas:
he gained a deeper level of humility and repentance;
he gained a higher level of forgiveness and maturity;
God elevated him from just praying for his family to the status of priest and intercessor over all those within his sphere of influence;
God not only restored to Job the wealth he had before his test, but
God was able to trust Job with twice as much as he had before!
God gave Job victory over brokenheartedness. Never in Job's long and fulfilling life, was Satan ever able to put Job under that kind of pressure again!

Then, of course, there is the explanation the Apostle Peter gave:
7. These trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure.
It is being tested as fire tests gold and
purifies it - and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold;
so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of his return.    1 Peter 1 (Living Bible)

Also, we believe that the Patriarch Job lived around the time of Abraham, that is, about two thousand years before the birth of the Redeemer.
This means that
God was so pleased with His servant, that He allowed Job to be the first of many distinguished servants of God, who prophesied the coming of the Messiah, the Saviour of all human beings, Jesus Christ.
That is a privilege indeed!

God also showed in very tangible ways, His delight at how Job came through the time of testing.
These promises made by God seem to apply to Job:

Zephaniah 3:
17. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;
he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy;
he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Can God trust you with twice as much money and property as you have at the moment?
Or would that make you forget Him and His purpose for your life?
Talk to Him about that!

God wants to make promises of plenty to us, so that we can be victorious and rich toward God in our own life, as Job was.
Praise God!

Prayer:
Father, help me to maintain my faith in the face of testing, like Your servant Job did.
And, Father, please remember to rejoice over me the way You did over Job when I come through like he did.
And thank You, Lord Jesus, for making it all possible,
in Jesus' mighty and matchless name I pray,
Amen.

New inspiration tomorrow, God willing.
See you then!