When God removes people or things from your life
God always wants the best for you. Period. However, we do not know what is best for us. Our limited viewpoint is no match for God's omniscience. So how could we possibly know what is best for us? When the Lord removes someone or something from our lives, if it held any import to us at all, it hurts. At first. But if that person or thing was an idol, then it had no place in your life to begin with. How do you know when something or someone has become an idol? When you think about it, him, or her more than you do the Lord. "Now how am I supposed to think about the Lord more than anything or anyone?" you might ask. He has ways to get you there! Job was already a godly man, but it wasn't until God removed everything and everyone - literally - from his life that Job really saw and experienced and knew God. And God's intention for Job is the same for all of us - that we might know and experience Him better and more. Job's case was extreme, but it worked!