Topic: God Blesses Joseph
Joseph was hated by his brothers, beat up by his brothers, thrown into the pit by his brothers, and sold into slavery by his brothers. But the Bible says that the Lord was with Joseph, Genesis 39:2 -5, “And the Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and put him in charge of all that he owned. It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; so the Lord’s blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.”
It is a blessing to know that no matter how bad a situation may get, God is with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. God turned Joseph’s difficult situation into a blessed situation because the scripture says while Joseph served Potiphar, God blessed Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. And when Potiphar saw how God was blessing his household for Joseph’s sake, he put Joseph in charge over everything in the house, except for what he ate and his wife.
Genesis 39:10 says, “Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.”
One day while Joseph was walking in the house checking things out and minding his own business, Potiphar’s wife grabbed him by his garment and said, “lie with me”, but Joseph ran out of the house quickly, and left his garment in Potiphar’s wife's hand. And when she saw how she was scorned and rejected, she lied and said that Joseph tried to rape her. And when she told her husband that Joseph had tried to take advantage of her sexually, Joseph was put into prison without a trial. Genesis 39:21-23 says, “But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison. And the warden of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. The warden of the prison did not supervise anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and, the Lord made whatever he did prosper.”
It is a blessing to know that no matter how bad a situation may get, God is with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Just as the Lord was with Joseph during his difficult moments in his life, the Lord is with us as well. And when we don’t yield to temptation like Joseph did, God will prosper us some way and somehow. Always keep an eye out for God’s way of escape. I Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”
See you Sunday,
Dr. Scott Kallem