Today, I am reading and commenting on Genesis 39-41.

Today’s passage starts with Joseph a slave, sold there by his brothers who thought of it as a way to kill him without getting blood on their hands.  Joseph finds himself in this terrible position, but he does not lose his faith in God, and does the best job he can serving the man who bought him.  As a result, Joseph rose up to as prominent position as possible for a slave.  When Potiphar’s wife attempted to seduce him, he could have viewed it as his just desserts (the account does not tell us, but Potiphar’s wife would almost certainly been highly attractive).  However, Joseph chose to remain faithful to God and his master by turning down her advances.  This led to him being placed in jail as an attempted rapist.  His situation was even worse than when he arrived in Egypt.  His faithfulness had resulted in things getting worse for him.  Nevertheless, Joseph did not lose his faith and he continued to do the work which God put in front of him.  And once again he rose up to the highest position he could gain as a prisoner, but still less than his position as a slave of Potiphar.  Then he gets a chance to get the ear of Pharaoh…and nothing comes of it.  In all of this Joseph remained faithful to God.  When Potiphar’s wife attempted to seduce him, after God allowed him to be ripped from his home and sold into slavery, Joseph says ,”How could I sin against God?”  When his fellow prisoners were troubled by dreams, Joseph did not claim an ability to interpret dreams, he said that God could.  After being forgotten for two years and summoned to interpret Pharaoh’s dream, Joseph said, “I cannot do it. But God will.”  Even after having to wait two years after thinking God was going to change his fortune for the better, Joseph did not try to seize glory for himself.  He just humbly carried out the task which God placed before him.  Let us follow his example: remain faithful even in times of trouble, and when opportunity comes, humbly act as God commands.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.