As if we could stand face to face...

Something interesting (to me) jumped out at me in Sunday school this morning.  It is sort of tangential to the lesson, but we were reading Job 1 as an example of Satan being bound by God - unable to afflict us unless first given permission.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.  The LORD said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."  And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?"  Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason?  Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.  But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face." (Job 1:6-11)

It is apparent here that Satan is working to diminish God's glory but I thought it was interesting that Satan suggested that Job would curse God 'to his face.'

As if one of us could stand face to face with God.

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That really sets up the end of Job ("Where were you when I...")