Job said: "Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked I shall go back again. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. In all this Job did not sin, nor did he say anything disrespectful about God." Job, 1, 21
I have never accepted that one should have to suffer to the great extreme that Job did, as a demonstration of his faith in God. His superheroic faith and nobility and steadfast loyalty to God are immensely commendable, but such unwavering belief in the Almighty is hard to come by.
Most of us cease sinning, and then backslide. Most of us have faith in God, and when we suffer some kind of reversal, routinely fail when our faith is severely tested.
Good for you if you can be faithful to God in very bad times, but most practically, if you are faithful to God, most of the time, in more moderate, mundane moments, that loyalty is sufficient to get you to heaven, and well fits our moderate ideal.
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