I was teaching this weekend and was so hit by the message that is taught to us by the life of Joseph. I was teaching out of Genesis 39:7-12. If you read, you see that Joseph was a man that was able to say no to the hardest of sins. At this time, Joseph was approached by the king's wife to come and lie with her and Joseph refused. Then if you look in verse 10, it says that this woman came to Joseph everyday and Joseph continued to say no. I mean this guy was just like us... sin tempts us every day. Yet, Joseph had a heart for purity and righteousness. Then one day, the woman came to Joseph and grabbed him by the garment, and he ran.
You know I was thinking of the things we are faced with every day; temptations, sins, thoughts. I was hit by the thought that we say yes to a lot of little things; we compromise many times in the simplest of sins. Maybe it's movies we compromise to watch, or music we allow ourselves to sing along with, or maybe even just an attitude that rules our actions. I don't know about you, but I am convicted in the fact that I don't say no enough. See, Joseph said no every time, and when the sin grabbed him by the shirt, he ran. If our hardest temptation grabbed us by our shirt could we run?
The Lord desires for each of us to pursue purity and righteousness every time, so that when our greatest temptation is right in our face, we know when to run. What are you saying yes to, and if you were faced with your greatest temptation, could you run? Resist Compromise and Pursue Purity, and when the time comes... RUN!
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