It's easy to have faith in God when everything in your life is going well. The hard part of faith comes when things start to go wrong for you. People in your life may help you during these times, but a lot of people will give you bad advice. Like Job, people in your life may tell you to curse God. During these times, the best thing to do will be to praise God and stay strong in your faith. It's not easy, but it's not impossible.
       
        Job was the richest man in all the earth. He had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He had three daughters and seven sons. In one day, he lost everything he had. He lost all of his sheep, camels, oxen, donkeys, children, and servants. The only thing that remained was himself and his wife. The first example of when Job stood firm in his faith is after four servants come to tell him that all of his animals, children and servants are gone. After he hears this in Job 1:20-22 he says: "Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong." That takes a lot of faith right there. A LOT. Even when Job lost everything he had, he fell to his knees and worshiped the Lord. The second example is when Satan strikes Job with boils and in Job 2:9 his wife says:  "Then his wife said to him, 'Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.' But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?' In all this Job did not sin with his lips." Job loses everything and worships God and then he loses his health and is struck down with boils and still worships God and does not sin. Job is a great example to us in our times of struggle. Even though our struggles are relevant in God's eyes, they are nothing compared to what Job was burdened with. Next time we are struggling, we can look to Job as an example and fall to our knees to worship God.

        God is a just God. He does not do things without reason. Job's suffering was a trial from God, but also it was a temptation from Satan to curse God. A trial from God is different than a temptation from Satan because God wants you to pass the test, and Satan doesn't.  God is a loving God, so of course He wants you to pass his test. Satan is evil and wants you to fail at everything. You may be burdened with suffering and you don't know what to do. Take it as a test that you need to pass and worship God throughout it. Also, God is sovereign. He has authority over whatever suffering a person may be going through. He has power over that situation and we need to trust him in the midst of everything.