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In each step of work that God does on people, it appears to be interactions between people, as if born of human arrangements or from human disturbance. But behind the scenes, each step of work, and everything that happens, is a wager made by Satan before God, and requires people to stand firm in their testimony to God. Take when Job was tried, for example: Behind the scenes, Satan was making a wager with God, and what happened to Job was the deeds of men and the disturbance of men. Behind each step of work that God does in you is Satan’s wager with God—behind it all is a battle.

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When God and Satan do battle in the spiritual realm, how should you satisfy God, and how should you stand firm in your testimony to Him? You should know everything that happens to you is a great trial for you, and the time when God needs you to bear testimony. Though they may seem unimportant from the outside, when these things happen they show whether or not you love God. If you do, you will be able to stand firm in your testimony to Him, and if you have not put the love of Him into practice, this shows you are not someone who puts the truth into practice, that you’re without the truth and life, that you’re chaff!

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Loving God Is Truly Believing in God