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God is in Control.
God will Provide…
A Sentence we all way and use to give assurance to others…
too often fail to live by
SIMPLY: HOW DOES GOD PROVIDE?
I want to start by comparing Providence vs Miracle
MIRACLE - God SUSPENDS natural law to do something outside of natural law, without natural law, and against the grain of natural law.
Walking on water
Raising dead people
whatever our Lord did.
It suspends natural law, supernaturally invades time and space, and acts in a divine way that has no human explanation.
Providence, in my mind, is a greater miracle than a miracle because it is God accomplishing His own ends and His own purposes, not by suspending natural law, but by taking all the elements of natural law and blending them together in a masterful way so that He achieves His purpose but never interrupts the natural course of things.
This is providence.
It is not God suspending circumstances and acting, but taking all the situation, all the people, all their activities, all their thoughts and words, and somehow pulling all of that together to create exactly what He wills to do.
That is a far more massive miracle than just suspending natural law and acting.
Every day of my life is a day full of providence, and it’s a different providence every day.
It’s something that makes me think: “Wow, how did that happen?
Whatever made those circumstances come together to bring it to this point?”
I think the most thrilling thing about the Christian life is providence—seeing it unfold day in and day out.
If you’re in tune with the Lord and in tune with His Word, you’re really seeing it unfold and seeing God at work in ways that have no human explanation.
EVERYTHING AROUND YOU – All arranged by God’s Providence
Cannot say – “GOD CAUSED” as so many wish to blame Him for their situation…
If someone has sinned against you…Cannot say God caused that…
Providence – God is at work in EVERYTHING
It may be: TO BRING YOU BACK CLOSER TO HIM
It may be to test your faith in Him…
For Joseph, we see an incredible work of God’s Providence that I believe we can apply to our own lives.
Gen 37 - Joseph Hated by his brothers, conspired to kill him… God rescued Joseph… Sold as a slave to Potiphar
1) No matter the situation, God’s Grace cannot be taken from you.
Potiphar was an important official in Pharaoh’s court.
The two titles given to him, “official of Pharaoh” and “captain of the guard,” are both fairly general in nature.
A military identification is favored by the reference to the prison being in the house of the captain of the guard (Gen.
40:3).
In contrast to the detail in the last chapter that God put Judah’s sons to death, here the Lord is with Joseph, and he prospers (39:2).
As in the relationship between Jacob and Laban where Laban recognized that the Lord’s favor was with Jacob (30:27), Potiphar sees the same in Joseph and trusts him with responsibility.
As a result, the blessing side of the covenant continues to be realized on a small scale as Potiphar and his house are blessed through Joseph (39:5–6).
But his success is short-lived.
Our enemies may strip us of outward distinctions and ornaments; but grace cannot be taken from us.
They may separate us from friends, relatives, and country; but they cannot take from us the presence of the Lord.
They may shut us out from outward blessings,
rob us of liberty, and confine us in prisons;
but they cannot shut us out from communion with God,
from the throne of grace,
take from us the blessings of salvation.
Joseph was blessed, wonderfully blessed, even in the house where he was a slave.
God’s presence with us, shows us that we are blessed and a blessing
Good, godly men & women are the blessings of the place where they live.
The prosperity of the wicked is, one way or other, for the sake of the godly.
Here was a wicked family blessed for the sake of one good servant in it.
2) No matter the situation, Godly Wisdom can never be OVERCOME.
This next section, we’re tempted to look only at the steadfastness of Joseph in the face of temptation…
There is no question that many of us could grow and mature if we accepted the challenge to be like Joseph.
There is much to admire about this man.
He possesses an integrity to which we can all aspire.
Of course, the same could be said of Abraham Lincoln.
As interpreters of the Bible, we cannot stop at the question, “Does this person have admirable qualities that I could benefit from emulating?”
We must go to the next step of asking, “Does the Bible present the character of this person as a model to be emulated?”
If not, then the admirable qualities we may observe in a Joseph or a Moses or a David are no different from the admirable qualities of any other individual we read about in history or literature.
What makes the Bible different from all of these others is its authoritative teaching.
As we have mentioned before, though every detail of the text is inspired and has a role to play, the details do not carry authoritative teaching on their own.
Solomon is not offered as a model of setting up an administration (1 Kings 2);
Esther is not offered as a model for how to change government policy (Est.
4–7);
David is not offered as a model for how to face your giants (1 Sam.
21:10–
Though each is successful and receives no condemnation for how they conduct themselves.
We must take our lead carefully from what can be determined to be the agenda of the text.
If we stop at the actions of Joseph, we miss the actions of God… What is GOD doing in & through Joseph… in and through YOU?
“Now Joseph was Handsome”
The account of the seduction of Joseph shows him in a positive light.
The details are given in such a way as to confirm Joseph’s unquestionable innocence.
Beauty either in men or women, often proves a snare both to themselves and others.
This forbids pride in it, and requires constant watchfulness against the temptation that attends it.
We have great need to make a covenant with our eyes, lest the eyes infect the heart.
When lust is given power in our lives, decency, and reputation, and conscience, are all sacrificed.
Potiphar’s wife showed that her heart was fully set to do evil.
Satan, when he found he could not overcome Joseph with the troubles and the frowns of the world, for in them he still held fast his principle, assaulted him with pleasures, which have ruined more than the former.
But Joseph, by the grace of God, was enabled to resist and overcome this temptation; and his escape was as great an instance of the Divine power, as the deliverance of the three children out of the fiery furnace.
This sin was one which might most easily ensnare him.
The tempter was Potiphar’s wife, one whose favour would help him forward; and it was at his utmost peril if he slighted her, and made her his enemy.
The time and place favoured the temptation.
To all this was added frequent, constant urging.
The almighty grace of God, through Godly Wisdom enabled Joseph to overcome this assault of the enemy.
He would not offend his God.
He does not lead Potiphar’s wife on or allow himself to enjoy her company at any level.
He is compromised only by a desperate and spiteful act, supported by boldfaced lies that none can contest but the accused.
Her summary accusation identifies him as a Hebrew slave brought to “make sport” of her (39:17).
(1) This statement represents an accusation against her husband, which puts him on the defensive by attributing to him devious motives.
(2) The Hebrew word translated “make sport” is the same one that provides the root for Isaac’s name (to laugh) and that has been repeatedly used as a motif in the text.
(3) Note that once again Joseph is being identified by his cloak that has been taken from him.
Here it is supposed to incriminate Joseph.
The difference is, of course, that Joseph is being falsely accused.
If the casual reader were asked to assess the character of Joseph, his sterling moment would undoubtedly be his persistent refusal of the advances of Potiphar’s wife.
We can admire Joseph and aspire to be as firm in our resolve in the face of repeated temptation.
But has the narrator given us this account for that purpose?
In the context of the discussion of the book of Genesis and its purpose, the integrity of Joseph is not a major point the author pursues at any length.
In most cases, Joseph’s conduct is capable of being interpreted in a number of different ways.
No clear model is presented, and no exhortations or statements of approval from the narrator urge us to go and do likewise.
NOWHERE in the Bible are we told to be like Joseph.
The narrative of Genesis 39 fits in the larger scheme portraying how God, in his providence, brings his plans to fruition through what appear to be the most devastating of circumstances.
This is the reason that the narrator has told the story of Potiphar’s wife, for he gives it a purpose in the larger scope of the book… NOT TO SEE JOSEPH AS A GREAT CHARACTER, BUT TO SEE GOD AS THE CHARACTER BUILDER
GOD BUILDS HIS WISDOM IN HIS PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY USE IT, IT CANNOT BE OVERCOME.
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