Job, Lord, losses, prayed, friends, twice, restored

Job 42:10
And the Lord restored Job’s losses[a] when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 

We know the story of Job of how he lost everything, and Job persevered and refused to curse God. Finally God restored more to Job more than what he originally had. But the interesting thing from the verse above is that God restored Job's losses after he started praying for His friends. God had intended to bless Job. However, God's timing was that the blessings would be released only after Job prayed for his friends who had been critical of him. Praying for others have absolutely no disadvantage to us, and the time we spend doing so, will be more than recompensed by God.