Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
A wise writer said that the books of heaven record the sins which we would commit if we had the opportunity.
Is there a man who does not tremble when he reads of young, handsome, virile, lonely Joseph, a slave in Egypt far from home and family's eyes, when Potiphar's alluring wife tempted him to commit adultery with her? Joseph immediately thought, in spirit, of the cross of Jesus; he cried out, "How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" (Gen. 39:9).
Of course, Joseph did not know the historical details of the cross, which were to come millennia later; but his heart and soul were in tune with the eternal reality of the cross of Jesus. By the commitment of his soul, young Joseph chose to be "crucified with Christ" (cf. Gal. 2:20). Joseph lived in wicked Egypt as one who saw not, and heard not, the wickedness all around him; he dwelt in the atmosphere of heaven.
So can we today; and more than that, so will we if we understand and believe how good is the Good News of the gospel of Jesus.
Joseph experienced first-hand that second conviction of the Holy Spirit: "The Comforter ... will convict the world of ... righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more" (John 16:7-10). Joseph immediately knew what Jesus would do--run. You "run," not because of egocentric fear, but from a heart-appreciation of the price the Son of God paid for your soul: how can you not give Him your all, forever? He gave Himself, His all, forever!
"How can I do this great wickedness ... ?" You can't, unless you choose to crucify Him afresh ... and that you won't do, ever, forever.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: August 1, 2008.
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