Still on the topic of working out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil 2:12), the Joseph-Mrs. Potiphar story comes to play.
In the previous blog, I was cautioning many believers not to be swift to judge others who seem to have fallen from grace; perhaps through indulging that overpowered their spirits, and got to the public eye.
You see, it is one thing finding yourself on the other end of the seesaw — corrupted; but it is another for the other end to roll your way. Joseph was handsome in form and appearance, the Bible says. And Potiphar’s wife cast longing eyes upon him, begging him to lie with her.
Someone may share their struggle with fornication, but before you mock them, imagine the fornication finding you. Imagine sin extending its unwanted invitation many times towards you.
Imagine yourself being the object of desire and sin for another! This reminds me of a scenario similar to this that I found myself in along Wilson Street in Kampala. In the night, not yet 8, a prostitute stretched out her hand from a dark corridor and wooed me saying “Hey dear.” I retracted in a blink, and dashed away. She used the f word in a sentence, for my not-interested-attitude.
Yes, homosexuality is a sin! But imagine ‘one of them’ casting longing eyes on you — stating that they think of you in that manner! Now that is SCARY! But it drives the entire point home: that you may not necessarily be addicted, but some sin longs to tango with you.
When someone is struggling with sin grossly, incessantly, weighed in with seemingly no hope, on the other hand, there is another, so consumed with it that they do not want to go down alone, especially if they need another party to indulge. (Reminds me of how the devil’s pride has rolled around the globe gathering so many and dragging them along with it). It’d start with one person, but end up a city, like Sodom & Gomorrah. For the darkness to spread, another man must be involved; just like — conversely — the apostles caught the flame through the Spirit, and mushroomed the faith throughout the world.
For the exponentiality to befall, one man must accept; when presented with any theme, whether dark or light. Thankfully, Joseph fled when Mrs. Potiphar tried him. The Lord brought my attention to the fact that she had cast longing eyes at Joseph for long. Against his will, she dragged him; but the Bible explicitly mentions that it was a time that no other worker was in the house, but Joseph alone and Mrs. P. (Just a pointer here; If we tolerate it for so long, it’d eventually bite by force)
I deduce it was evening time, and perhaps the servant quarters were separate from Potiphar’s house. The intersection here is the marriage of two themes: Joseph’s frivolity of the matter — perhaps thinking her mistress was joking, and Mrs. Potiphar’s gravitas of her longing — looking out for any opportunity she would snatch the hot teenager. As one’s frivolity peaked, another’s claws itched, growing longer, practicing how to fold like a clutch trap precisely; and atop the mountain apex, the two kissed for a second!
In a nutshell, as you continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, may God open your eyes to areas or people who aid the seesaw end to descend and make sin roll your way. Do not be afraid. May God keep you from falling. May God take you far from such people. May He present you blameless unto Himself. May He uphold you with His righteous right hand, and keep you from all evil. May He sanctify you completely and preserve your individual spirit, soul and body. May His word keep you pure, in and out.
May you minister to those who have been rubbed off and avoid holding them in contempt. May God give you the learned tongue — to speak the right words in due season — to lift them up and renew their minds to an overcomer’s mindset. May your knowledge increase to those ignorant around you that they may not perish, but truly flourish with this eternal life. May your anointing break the yokes off whoever is still under addiction and the struggle of the same within your circles or family. In Jesus’ name.
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Psalm 121:3-8 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
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