The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. —Genesis 39:2-4
God allows a
, in order for us to have a
to another level of living.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me! —Genesis 39:6b-7
But he refused. With me in charge, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God? —Genesis 39:8-9
Faithfully wait by
the consequences of
offences.
And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. —Genesis 39:10
One day he went into the house to attend to his duties and none of the household servants was inside. She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” —Genesis 39:11-12A
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” —Genesis 39:13-15
And when his master heard the story his wife told him, saying “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. —Genesis 39:19-20
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. —Genesis 39:20B-23
Faithfully wait by knowing that God’s
door is the
door to real life.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. —I Corinthians 10:13
…Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…” —Isaiah 1:18