"And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her...And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison...and he was there in the prison."
Joseph was being tempted day after day; pursued by sin. But Joseph had set his mind; he wouldn't even listen. That's how I need to be - just tune out the callings, tune out the whisperings of Satan that would seek to make me stumble or fall. "Be ye steadfast, immoveable..."
"But look where it got him..." Satan would whisper. From favored son to the pit; from favored servant to the prison. That's all we see at this point - Joseph in prison. But this is where faith comes in:
- When there is no reward for faithfulness
- When things don't make sense
- When evil is given for good
- When it seems "unfair"
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