DLCM DAILY MANNA -REWARD OF HOME TRAINING

DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL

REWARD OF HOME TRAINING

9^TH  , AUGUST 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 1-4

TEXT:  Genesis 39:1-15

1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 

2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 

3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did [a]to prosper in his hand. 

4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put [b]under his authority. 

5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 

6 Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s [c]hand, and he did not know what he had except for the [d]bread which he ate.

Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

7 And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife [e]cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 

9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

11 But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, 

12 that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. 

13 And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, 

14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to [f]mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 

15 And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”

 

 

 

 

 

KEY VERSE:

“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” -  Genesis 39:9

 

 

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Honour God with holiness and expect rewards now and hereafter.

 

 

THE MESSAGE:                                                                                         

An African adage says the fury of the flood never seeks to spare any building. It is the owner of the structure who must erect a strong bulwark to resist the raging deluge. Similarly, the devil and his agents in the world are never discouraged from practising their tempting wiles on the Christian, with the goal of bringing them down. It is the believer who must take maximum advantage of God’s grace in him not to cave in.

 

The woman who invited Joseph to commit sexual immorality with her thought she would succeed in getting him. This is the mindset of her present-day counterpart. But the genuine Christian must not allow himself to be ensnared. And the only way not to fall is to remain firm and profess uncompromising loyalty to God as Joseph did. You must have a strong spiritual defence against the tide of temptation. You must not negotiate on terms or oath of secrecy with sinful partners if they threaten blackmail.

 

Joseph’s parents were not at the scene of the attempted seduction in Egypt to serve as counsellors or a check to prevent him from sinning. But, having sat for years at the feet of Jacob, his God-fearing father, learning the ways of God, Joseph was adequately kitted to resist the moves of his master’s wife, ignoring the enormous risks to his life.

 

This underscores the eternally weighty admonition of the word of God: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). The training Joseph took from his parents fortified him against acting contrary to God. Transient treasures of transgression must not entice us to sin against God.

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

 

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