In Job 36:11 it is simply stated, "If they obey and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures."  The story of Job is a fascinating story.  At the very start of the story, we find that Job is a very wealthy man.  So wealthy in fact that he is referred to as the greatest man in the east. (Job1:3)  However, the most important characteristics of Job is covered in the first verse of Job.  These four characteristics of Job enabled him to survive the many trials that he faced in his life.  The first character trait that helps us understand Job is that he was blameless.  The scripture says that Job was blameless.  In other words, there was no fault found in him.  Job walked in obedience in all the light that he had in obedience to God.  The second character trait that we see their is that he was upright.  This tells us that he was above board in his dealings in life.  He was a fair and morally straight man that governed his affairs as thought God was looking over his shoulder. Thirdly, Job was a man that feared God.  I'm not necessarily talking about the kind of fear someone might have of a wild animal, but a reverential awe and consideration of God.  He conducted himself knowing that God, the audience of one, was aware of all he did.  Lastly, he shunned evil.  Job did not see how close he could fellowship with evil without sinning, he avoided evil as completely as he could.  So we see here a man that was immensely wealthy, yet his wealth did not cause him to stray away from God, nor did it corrupt him in any way. 
     While Job was being tested he questioned his experience, resented the day of his birth, and many other things, yet his character enabled him to never lose faith in God.  Because Job did not lose his faith in God after losing everything, all that he lost was restored to him.  When Job's wife told him to "curse God and die", he rebuked her and told her that she was speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. 
     Job sums up his commitment to God in this one phrase found in Job 13:15 "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him"  Many have said that Job's theology here was incorrect, that God would not slay him.  I cannot argue against their point, however, his heartfelt commitment to God is expressed in this one sentence.
    The end result is that God restored his wealth so much so that when all was said and done, he had twice the wealth after his trials than before his trials.  (Job 42:10)  Be encouraged my brother and my sister as God brings you to your wealthy place.  As we journey toward our wealthy place let us cultivate the character traits in our hearts that Job displayed.