Why was Job put through so many trials by God?

Job 1:13 - 18

ESV - ¹³ Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house. ¹⁴ And there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them.

Clarify • Share • Report • Asked September 01 2015 • Gerald Hopster