Section 6
bread." Although God has assigned such suffer ings, He has not assigned anxiety. After God made His assignment, Satan came in to cause anxiety through the sufferings assigned by God. Anxi ety does not come from God. It comes from God's adversary, Satan, who uses the sufferings ordained by God to cause anxiety in human life. Therefore, anxiety comes from Satan and rep resents Satan, whereas forbearance comes from God and represents God.
HOW GOD USES SATAN
The Bible reveals that God uses Satan. We see this especially in the book of Job. When I first read this book, I was troubled by the fact that Satan had access to God's presence in the heav ens. Job 1:6 says, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them." The next verses record a conversation between God and Satan. I wondered how this conver sation could take place. Why would God allow such an evil one to talk with Him? Why did He not destroy Satan, or at least drive him away? God used Satan to deal with Job. Job was right eous and perfect in himself; however, he did not truly know God. Thus, Job needed to be broken,