JEHOVAH CARES FOR YOU

"Throw all your anxiety upon [God]. because he cares for you." -1 Peter 5:7.


JEHOVAH and Satan are complete opposites.  Any person who feels drawn to Jehovah can only be repulsed by the Devil.  This contrast is pointed up in a standard reference work.  With regard to Satan's activities, as outlined in  the Bible book of Job, the Encyclopedia Britannica (1970) says:  "Satan's task is to roam through the earth seeking out acts or persons to be reported adversely; his function thus is the opposite of that of the "eyes of the Lord," which roam through the earth strengthening all that is good (II Chron. xvi, 9).  Satan is cynical about unselfish human goodness and is permitted to test it under God's authority and control and within  the limits God sets.'  Yes, what a contrast! -Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7. 

The word "Devil" comes from a Greek word meaning "false accuser,"  "slanderer."  The book of Job reveals that  Satan accused Jehovah's faithful servant Job of serving Him out of self-interest, saying:  "Is it for nothing that Job has feared God?"  (Job  1:9) The account in the book of Job shows that  in spite of his tests and trials, Job drew ever closer  to Jehovah. (Job  10:9, 12; 12:9, 10;  19:25; 27:5; 28:8) After his ordeal, he said to God:  "In hearsay I have heard about you, but now my own eye does not see you." -Job 42:5. 

Has Satan ceased accusing God's faithful servants since the time of Job?  No. The book of Revelation shows that in this time of the end, Satan continues to accuse Christ's anointed brothers and assuredly their faithful companions.  (2 Timothy 3:12; Revelation 12:1-0, 17)  Hence the dire need of all of us as true Christians is to subject ourselves to our caring God, Jehovah, serving him out of deep love and thus proving Satan's accusation to be false.  So doing, we will make Jehovah's heart rejoice.  -Proverbs 27:11.

Next time: Jehovah Seeks to Help Us

From the Watchtower magazine, 2002