1:1-5 - Job's success attributed to his Godliness.
1:1 - "blameless and upright", "feared God and shunned evil".
1:2-4 - Job's extreme abundance and wealth is stunning to behold - each one of his sons has a feast on a separate day; together, they feast all week.
1:5 - We see his extremely reverential and respectful attitude towards God - fearing that his children might have sinned, he made offerings and sacrificed for them.
1:6 - Satan originally means "accuser". In Job, his role is as a tester - to test something through stress and adversity to ascertain its worth. In Job's case, God esteems his worth highly.
1:8 - The LORD calls Job "blameless and upright", and also "that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?" (KJV).
1:9-11 - Do we love God for Himself? or for what He has done in our lives? Satan argues that Job is so Godly because God has blessed him exceedingly - "But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face." (1:11, KJV).
1:20-22 - Job had three responses to his first test: 1) he "fell to the ground in worship", 2)praised the name of the LORD, and 3) "did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing."
We see that Job was indeed truly reverential and respectful to the LORD. He loved God for Himself, and not for the material things.
1:20 - "the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." (KJV).
Job praised God for acting in his life - be it to give or to take away. He was so passionate and so grateful for God's work in his life. He repeats this sentiment in 2:10.
