The Lord Said: "Where Have You Been?"

Job 1:7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”...2:2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 

This conversation between God and Satan is one of the most unique discussions we find God has in Scripture. The closest might be that of God and Adam after the Fall.  It begins with God asking Satan what he had been up to.  Like make questions God the Father or Son ask, it seems unnecessary, as God already knew where Satan had been and what he had been up to. God does it to draw Satan out and to give us a picture of how Satan operates.  Chapter 1 goes on to tell all about the testing of Job, then, as seen above, chapter 2 begins the same way.  God wants Satan to know He knows, and that in the end God will win. Those are two lessons for us: God knows all about us and He also is Lord over all; He will ultimately win.