Job 2.0 by Del Staecker

Author:Del Staecker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion/Inspirational/Fiction/Christian/General
Publisher: Elm Hill
Published: 2019-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

AFTER THE BREAK

Lucifer was not deterred. He mused, I’m totally committed to winning, and although this contest is not going the way I expected, I believe I have just what the doctor ordered. It’s time for me to rev up the action.

Lucifer stood near God’s place in Heaven and waved his hands at Earth. “Here you go, Jake. Let’s see how much God really loves you.”

Lucifer had invented heart attacks for just these situations. Down on Earth, Jake grabbed his chest. The pain was excruciating. Jake’s pain was pleasure for Lucifer, so he sent another jab.

“Oh, my God!” Jake wailed as he grabbed his chest a second time.

Lucifer wondered, “Why don’t they ever call out my name?”

It was a rhetorical question. God did not provide Lucifer with an answer.

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“There you are. Feeling any better?” the EMT asked.

Jake’s eyes opened and he realized that he was in an ambulance with active sirens and lights.

“We thought you were a goner. I bet you thought so, too. Right?”

“No, yes, maybe…” Jake was confused. He mumbled aloud, “I wonder where I would have gone if I was a goner.” He pondered more. He asked himself, What would have happened if I didn’t make it? What will happen eventually? We all die. Is there anything after death? If so, then is this just a part of a longer life? Am I something more than me—a soul, maybe? Ugh! My chest hurts even more!

Lucifer was increasing the pain to distract Jake.

“This is bad,” the EMT said. He looked worried. For many hours he would not leave Jake’s side. He knew something important was happening with Jake. Whatever happens, he thought, I’ll stick with this patient no matter what. The doctors think they are gods, but they have forgotten that God is a doctor. The EMT prayed for his patient.

Jake kept thinking deep thoughts.

In response, Lucifer kept cranking up the pain. It approached the highest level possible and was just almost unbearable. Lucifer took Jake to the edge several times, but the pain only caused Jake to go deeper into his thoughts.

“I want it to stop,” Jake dreamed aloud through the pain. “I’m a soul. I’m a soul—I only happen to have a body. Where’s God when I need him? Has he abandoned me? I want this to end. I’ll do anything for it to end.”

For a moment Lucifer thought, Now, I got ‘em. But he did not.

From the farthest recess of Jake’s memory, an ancient verse cycled through his mind: Thou he slay me, yet I trust in God.

Immediately the EMT said, “He’s going to make it!”

Looking at the scene beneath, Lucifer saw that God was holding Jake’s hand. In spite of the pain, through everything Lucifer threw at him, Jake could feel God touching him. Lucifer had invented pain, hoping it would cloud people’s vision. God used the pain and suffering as a means for people to understand and seek him. Whenever Lucifer invented something, God had a remedy.

Lucifer noticed a bead of sweat on God’s brow.

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