10As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. 11Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. 12She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.
Genesis 39:9-12
John, to
my dear friends
in
Christ;
in Genesis
39:9-12 we see Joseph refusing to lie with
Potiphar’s
wife. Potiphar’s wife
represented temptation in Joseph’s
life. Even
though Joseph was a slave, Potiphar
gave him everything; power, money, slaves, everything that is,
except his wife. Joseph knew
that to lie with Potiphar’s wife would be sin and we see Joseph rather
flee then succumb to temptation.
In our lives God has given us much and He asks us not to
sin. When you are confronted
by the temptation to sin do you
run? Do you run to your real
Slave Master, Jesus? Are you
willing to leave, if necessary, your “garment”
behind? In Genesis
39:9 we read Joseph’s true reason for fleeing from Potiphar’s
wife, “…How then could I do this great evil and sin against
God?” Joseph knew
to sin against God was greater than
his sin would be against Potiphar.
Is that your attitude? I
pray it is so.
Dear Heavenly Father give us the strength to be like Joseph and flee all temptations, even if it means leaving behind our “garment”. May we rest on 1 Corinthians 10:13, and know You will provide a way out for any temptation, in Jesus name I pray.
1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation
has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who
will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the
temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able
to endure it.”
God's Blessings to You,
john
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