The Master is Coming… (Part 4 – Do not dwell in Potiphar’s house)

I started to watch a movie on ROK TV some days ago. A young lady desperate for a job got a job. She was late on all her bills so much so that her landlord was threatening to kick her out. So, you can imagine she was excited to get any job. However, her manager picked interest in her and made some sexual advances. Whilst she was not interested and pleaded with him not to, in the end she succumbed for the fear of becoming jobless again. And that started a process of her manager making advances whenever he wanted. She felt that giving into his advances will secure her future, it did for a while but in the end, as always it backfired.

While we need to be diligent in Potiphar’s and this diligence may earn us a promotion, let’s not plan to dwell in Potiphar’s house forever or at all cost. The truth is the enemy will offer tempting alternatives, typically requiring a ‘little’ compromise. God will provide the strength to resist if we keep our eyes on him (2 Cor 12:9, 1 Cor 10:13).

Joseph had come from a place of comfort to slavery. God favoured him in Potiphar’s house and he became the chief servant. I believe Joseph was smart enough to have ‘played’ games with Potiphar’s wife and get away with it, until the day of reckoning comes. And the day of reckoning will surely come. Joseph choose not to secure his place in Potiphar’s house against God’s will.

Are you considering alternatives to God’s plan because of delay? You have come too far in this walk to give up on God. Are you justifying some actions, which your conscience is saying don’t do? Beloved, don’t do it. I beseech you don’t look at the storm but keep your eyes on Jesus.  

Dear God, please help us to keep our eyes on you and grant us the strength to resist every alternative offered by the enemy. It is my prayer that God will strengthen us all to the end.