TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF THE BLESSING OF THE LORD !

TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF THE BLESSING OF THE LORD ! THE BLESSING taught him how to make the best deals, how to increase crop production and how to manage the money. Potiphar was so thrilled with what was going on that he didn't even bother to keep track of what Joseph was doing. He made him his CEO and said, "Have at It, young man. Do whatever you want to do." As always, however, the devil was on hand to throw a wrench into the works. He used Potiphar's wife, who "cast longing eyes on Joseph, and... Said, "Lie with me." But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no want greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God ?" (Genesis 39:7-9). How Joseph responded in this situation is a major key. He realized (more than most New Testament believers today) the consequences of sin. He knew that saying of any kind hinders THE BLESSING. That's the reason God is so against it. It's not because He doesn't want us having fun. God hates sin because it kills THE BLESSING. It chokes off THE WORD in our spirits and dims the light of God within us. It turns down the power and anointing it becomes feeble and inoperative in our lives. Sin of any kind is the enemy of THE BLESSING, and if we persist in it, it will eventually kill us spiritually as well as physically. As New Testament believers, Jesus is our High Priest, so if we sin, We Can Go to Him and repent. He will not only forgive us, but cleanse us from all unrighteousness and reinstate THE BLESSING in our lives. He will restore us to the condition where it can operate at the level it's supposed to. Thank God for that ! But what's better is to refuse to sin in the first place. We ought to run from every form of it. That's what Joseph did. When Potiphar's wife tried to grab him, he left his garment in her hand and ran outside. And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her head and fled outside, that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, "See he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came into me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside." So she His garment with her until his master came home. Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me; so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside." So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, "your servant did to me after this manner," that his anger was aroused. Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined. And was there in the prison (versus 13-20). PROSPERING IN PRISON when Joseph found himself behind bars as a result of that woman's lies, he could have become bitter. When he realized he'd once again being unjustly stripped of his dignity and position, he could have said, as many do, "I just don't know why God let this happened to me. I've done the best I can. I've done what my daddy and granddaddy taught me. I tried to bless my brothers. I work for Potiphar and made him rich. What do I get in return ? I get brought and sold and thrown around like a piece of meat. It's just not fair." Has Joseph taken that kind of unbelieving attitude, he'd have cut himself off from THE BLESSING and spent the rest of his life rotting in a prison cell. But, thank God, he didn't. He picked himself up and kept walking in his calling. He didn't waste time thinking about the things people had done to him. He didn't let the prison walls around him dominate his mind. He was too busy meditating on THE BLESSING. He went to bed thinking about it and got up in the morning thinking about it.