(repost of Jan 16, 2009)
Today’s Bible Reading:
Genesis 39-41, Luke 16
Topic: Temptation
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 39:7-10
7 And it
came to pass... that his master's wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she
said, "Lie with me."
8 But he
refused...
10 So it
was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her to lie with
her or be with her. (Gen 39:7-10
NKJV)
OBSERVATION:
Joseph was confronted with a temptation and it wasn't a one
time temptation to sin, but "day by day" (v. 10) Potiphar's wife
prodded and urged and presented the temptation to Joseph. Joseph had to resist
and keep resisting. For many people that is how Satan works - he keeps on
tempting them especially in areas where they are weak. His plan is that at some
point, after continually being offered the means and the opportunity, they will
grow weary of resisting, give in, and fall into the sin. Joseph didn't give in;
Joseph did not fall, he held to his integrity and convictions.
APPLICATION:
Joseph is an example to me. It IS possible to continually
resist sin, even in the areas where I am the weakest and most susceptible to
fall. When I am weary or discouraged or weak, I can still yet resist
temptations placed before me.
PRAYER:
May I have the resolve to continually resist the devil, that
he flee from me (James 4:7). Lord, grant me that help in Jesus' name. Amen.
-AP
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