Potiphar’s
Wife Soon Began To Look At Him Lustfully.
“Come
And Sleep With Me, “
She
Demanded.
Scripture
Genesis
39
6 So
Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over
everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a
thing—except what kind of food to eat!
Joseph was a very
handsome and well-built young man,7 and Potiphar’s wife soon
began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she
demanded.
8 But Joseph
refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with
everything in his entire household. 9 No one here has more
authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you,
because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It
would be a great sin against God.”
10 She kept
putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep
with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. 11 One
day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his
work. 12 She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding,
“Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left
his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.
13 When she
saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled, 14 she
called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!”
she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make
fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed. 15 When
he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his
cloak behind with me.”
16 She kept
the cloak with her until her husband came home.17 Then she told
him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house
tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said. 18 “But
when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”
Observation
Joseph
went from being hated by his brothers, to being thrown into a pit,
sold as a slave, then lustfully chased by his boss's wife, who
falsely accused him of attempted rape when he said “no” to her
for the final and last time.
Her
angry husband Potiphar then threw Joseph into prison. Joseph was
freed from prison after interpreting Pharaoh’s
dreams and then Joseph was placed second in command over all of
Egypt.
This
entire story would have had a totally different ending if Joseph had
given in to Potiphar's wife's demand for him to have sex with her.
God
has a plan for our lives too. Lets not mess it up by getting involved
sexually with someone who is not our spouse.
Joseph
had established guardrails for his life. You and I must set up
guardrails for our lives too.
Application
I
will continue to maintain the guardrails that I have established to
protect my marriage.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to stay faithful to my wife. Don't let me mess up.
Thank You for giving me Your Word to guide me. I don't know how
Joseph remained so faithful through all of the difficult things that
happened to him, but he did. Give me that kind of faith. I want to be
a man of integrity like he was.
I
pray for men and women who are tempted to cheat on their spouse.
Help them to say “no” like Joseph did. Give them the strength to
stay away from sexual sins. Help them to walk in victory.
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 39,40,41; Luke 16
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