We need to humble ourselves as we hold onto our faith through our trials. As with Job, God will reward us if not in this life He will surely do so with Him in eternity. Our Lord Jesus is a sovereign God.
Luke 18:29-30 states that if we give up something for the kingdom of God we will be repaid.
Luke 18:29-30 (New International Version)
29"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."
Our total restoration may not be the same as Job’s which was spiritual and material but it will take place either in our lifetime or eternally. God will not only restore to us what was taken away from us unjustly but He will give us more than we can imagine as we serve Him here on earth and live with Him in eternally.
Job 42:10-16 (New International Version)
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver [a] and a gold ring. 12 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Those who trust in the Lord will be rewarded.
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