Persevering Steadfastness
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day.
Genesis 39:10
Read Genesis 39:7-11
Potiphar’s wife did not just confront Joseph with temptation once. She
would not give up. Time and time again she used smooth words and seductive
conduct to entice him to sin.
How do you dress? How many young men and women fall into the trap of
dressing to show off their bodies. Are we so naive that we do not realize that
a young girl wearing skimpy, tight and revealing clothing is liable to arouse
sexual desires in a young man, and that a young man going shirtless arouses
a young woman? Do we regulate what enters into the eye and ear gates of
our lives? Do we realize what affect our speech, as well as our suggestive
clothing, may have upon the ear and eye gates of our peers?
In verse 10 of Genesis 39, we read how very emphatically Joseph refused to
listen to Potipher’s wife, to lie with her or to be with her. This tells us that Joseph
guarded the eye and ear gates of his life. He opposed every opportunity
to sin, bolting the door of his heart. The Lord was with him.
Question: In 1 Thessalonians 5:22, we read, “Abstain from all appearance of
evil.” Do you follow this command?
Psalter 428:3 (based on Psalm 119)
O Lord, how shall a youth preserve his way,
At every turn by vanity surrounded?
In truth, if he Thy statutes will obey
If on Thy Word his attitudes are founded.
Thou, whom I’ve sought, O let me never stray
From Thy commandments, lest I be confounded.
