“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
Will Rogers
The wonderfully magnificent servant of Potiphar was all about his mission. His magnificence may not have been acknowledged by his brothers in Canaan, but Egypt was all about taking advantage of him and his abilities. As he worked, Potiphar's wife watched the "goodly man" (Genesis 39). She began to conceive a plan to have a sexual fling. After all, he was a slave/servant was he not? At her bidding, was he not? The more she looked, the more she realized how "well-favored" he was! Her obsession had began.
"Lie with me" : Joseph refuses 39:7
Day by day she spoke to him about lying with her: Joseph refused vs. 10
And she caught him by his garment and said lie with me: Joseph refused and fled: vs. 12
Joseph's reasoning? To do so would be a great wickedness and a sin against God.
The Greater Magnificent Servant was also unacknowledged by his brothers and was a goodly man in a fallen world. The world was reaping benefits from His Work. But the Prince of the world was obsessed with getting Him to sin.
"If You are the Son of God command.." : "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every world that proceeds for the mouth of God."
"If You are the Son of God cast..." : "You shall not tempt the Lord thy God."
"All these things I will give you..." : "Get thee hence, Satan..."
This reminds me of Paul's writing to Timothy about dealing with youthful lusts. His suggestion? RUN! There is probably not a better suggestion.
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