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In our topsy-turvy world where excuses are the name of the game and not repentance or owning up to your sins, the Bible presents God’s view of sin. It always, always has consequences! You may excuse your way out of repenting, but the sin will follow you around and be an albatross around your neck. Joseph knew this truth and fled from the temptation that Potiphar’s wife put before him. He didn’t stick around to be captured by her wiles; instead, he ran. Some like to say that only cowards run away, but when sin is involved, it is the bold and righteous who flee. Joseph set a good example for us to follow. Sometimes we stumble into temptation and sometimes temptation walks up to us, slaps us in the face and demands we give in. That’s when we flee, whether we stumble our way in or temptation seems to attack us.

I don’t know why things happened the way they did in Joseph’s life, but I do know that God used the events, even his time in prison, to make him into the person God wanted him to be. Even when we flee temptation and do the right thing, the powers that be may “punish” us severely. We may never understand why things happen on this side of heaven, but we have to trust that God is in control of ALL of our circumstances and knows what He is doing, even if the picture is a little fuzzy for us. God sees things clearly and is working things out, just as He did for Joseph. We have to wait, sometimes in what seems like a prison, but we have to wait for God to act on our behalf. Trying to get ahead of God is never a good idea.