Good morning sisters and brothers,
Joseph's mistress sees an opportunity to get revenge on Joseph for refusing her advances, and Joseph ends up in jail. Even there, God's care follows Joseph and he prospers. Even when everything seems to be going wrong for us, God won't leave us alone. God's care isn't usually as obvious as it is in Joseph's case, but we are never alone.
God bless you with your day,
Sam
Genesis 39:13-23
13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 14she called out to the members of her household and said to them, “See, my husband has brought among us a Hebrew to insult us! He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice; 15and when he heard me raise my voice and cry out, he left his garment beside me, and fled outside.” 16Then she kept his garment by her until his master came home, 17and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me; 18but as soon as I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me, and fled outside.”
19When his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, saying, “This is the way your servant treated me,” he became enraged. 20And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison. 21But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
success and danger
Good morning brothers and sisters,
Joseph's brothers sold him into slaver in Egypt because they were jealous. Here we follow Joseph to see what happens next. Everything went well for him at first, even in slavery, because God was with him. Before long, a complication comes up in the form of his master's wife. We'll see how this turns out for Joseph. Unfortunately many people continue to face sexual exploitation in their work place. The vulnerability is greater for those who are already vulnerable in other ways: workers with less education, women, minorities and those whose immigration status (in whatever country) makes it hard for them to change jobs or go to the police. As Christ's people we are called to stand up for the vulnerable.
God bless,
Sam
Genesis 39:1-12
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3His master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands. 4So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him; he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge; and, with him there, he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking. 7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand. 9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” 10And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her. 11One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house, 12she caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
Joseph's brothers sold him into slaver in Egypt because they were jealous. Here we follow Joseph to see what happens next. Everything went well for him at first, even in slavery, because God was with him. Before long, a complication comes up in the form of his master's wife. We'll see how this turns out for Joseph. Unfortunately many people continue to face sexual exploitation in their work place. The vulnerability is greater for those who are already vulnerable in other ways: workers with less education, women, minorities and those whose immigration status (in whatever country) makes it hard for them to change jobs or go to the police. As Christ's people we are called to stand up for the vulnerable.
God bless,
Sam
Genesis 39:1-12
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3His master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands. 4So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him; he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge; and, with him there, he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking. 7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand. 9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” 10And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her. 11One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house, 12she caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
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