[Bob434]

I’ve had a few boils in my lifetime- always a siggle one at a time though, and it was super painful, just the one. Can’t imagine the excruciating pain from boils all over the body! Job did far better than I in not rebelling agaisnt God during that time.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks so much, Bob, for giving us that added perspective. Certainly Satan, given carte blanche, would have made Job's suffering almost intolerable--to the point that his wife advocated ending it all.

But I think you speak for us all when you judge, "Job did far better than I in not rebelling against God during that time."

[Hebrews 11:6]

While I was praying just now, confessing my sins, an allegorical meaning of Job’s boils occurred to me, prompted by your insightful post.

Since my salvation 45 years ago, God has had to inspire me to scrape off my boils—my sins. When He focuses on a particular one, He inflames it and makes it exceedingly painful to me, so that I will want it gone, too. Then, He teaches me how to scrape it off and how to live without it.

He has made excellent progress at last, but sadly I haven’t come near yet to finishing.