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Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 40:23
We're in a series entitled ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours,'' and we've already seen many of the detours Joseph has experienced. Many of us have also experienced detours when we're driving. We're headed down a familiar road, then come to those orange signs that say, ''Road closed: Detour.'' At that point we really have no idea where we'll be going, but as we follow the signs, we do know one thing. These detours will take us farther than we want to go, and they also keep us there for longer than we would want. Detours are never fun.
I remember one time when I was driving, I went from one detour into a second detour. That's even worse. And that's what Joseph experienced-two detours. Neither of these were minimal situations he could walk away from. His detours were huge!
Remember, he was serving his father by checking on his brothers when detour number one occurred. While he was still far off, his brothers conspired to kill him. They assaulted him, throwing him into a pit, but through a course of events they got the bright idea to sell their brother into Egyptian slavery. That's detour number one. At 17 years of age, Joseph thinks he's going to live a great life with his dad and family-but all of that changed.
He's sold at a slave auction in Egypt to a man named Potiphar. Joseph entered Potiphar's household, and we're told that because the Lord was with Joseph, he actually did well in that situation. His faithful service, along with the fact that God prospered everything he did, caused him to be elevated until he was second in command over all that Potiphar owned.
But then detour number two arrived. Potiphar's wife saw Joseph's success and also noticed that he was handsome and well built, so she began to lust after him. Moving beyond simple desire, she tried to allure him to herself, finally grabbing him to compel him to sleep with her. But Jos ...
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 40:23
We're in a series entitled ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours,'' and we've already seen many of the detours Joseph has experienced. Many of us have also experienced detours when we're driving. We're headed down a familiar road, then come to those orange signs that say, ''Road closed: Detour.'' At that point we really have no idea where we'll be going, but as we follow the signs, we do know one thing. These detours will take us farther than we want to go, and they also keep us there for longer than we would want. Detours are never fun.
I remember one time when I was driving, I went from one detour into a second detour. That's even worse. And that's what Joseph experienced-two detours. Neither of these were minimal situations he could walk away from. His detours were huge!
Remember, he was serving his father by checking on his brothers when detour number one occurred. While he was still far off, his brothers conspired to kill him. They assaulted him, throwing him into a pit, but through a course of events they got the bright idea to sell their brother into Egyptian slavery. That's detour number one. At 17 years of age, Joseph thinks he's going to live a great life with his dad and family-but all of that changed.
He's sold at a slave auction in Egypt to a man named Potiphar. Joseph entered Potiphar's household, and we're told that because the Lord was with Joseph, he actually did well in that situation. His faithful service, along with the fact that God prospered everything he did, caused him to be elevated until he was second in command over all that Potiphar owned.
But then detour number two arrived. Potiphar's wife saw Joseph's success and also noticed that he was handsome and well built, so she began to lust after him. Moving beyond simple desire, she tried to allure him to herself, finally grabbing him to compel him to sleep with her. But Jos ...
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