When Job Prayed Job 42:10

10And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.


Job experienced as much grief as a man could ever experience. He lost almost everything he could lose except his life and through it all, the Bible tells us that Job never once failed to trust God. What a testimony to the faith in God that Job held onto.

Job had three close friends who came to him and offered him all kinds of advice as to why he had fallen on such difficult times and they offered him words of instruction. The whole book is a record of the events that transpired and the instruction that these three men gave to Job and his response to them.

At the close of the book, we find God's strong words of warning to one of the three men. God spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly;"

The men did as God had instructed them to do and the Bible tells us that Job prayed for his friends. When Job prayed for these men, God restored Job's losses and gave him twice as much as he had before his great loss.

It is interesting that God restored Job after he prayed for his friends. God instructed Eliphaz to go to Job but there is no mention of God telling Job to pray for his friends. He could have just accepted their apologies and gone on in his misery. Job did not do that. In the height of his misery, he prayed for his friends who had not really been such good friends to him at all.

Prayer is powerful. Prayer no doubt held Job up in this great time of testing. There were times when it seemed as if prayer was the only thing that Job had left. This is no better demonstrated than right here in our scripture passage for today. Even in his misery, Job prayed for his friends. Prayer allowed Job to persevere and prayer provided Job his release and his relief.

Pray for wisdom to know what to do and for the power to do it. Ask God for His direction for your life and then take time to pray for those around you. You never know when that next prayer may well open the windows of Heaven and allow the blessings of God to flow into your life and the life of your family and your church!