BRAGADAYJAH 131

It is a known fact that if God has selected you and set you apart for His special favor, Satan will try and mess with you somehow, somewhere and sometime. One of the greatest pitfalls known to man is with regard to the lust of the eyes, perhaps second only to the deceitfulness of riches. And when lust and riches are combined they are deadly. So here is Joseph, held in high esteem by his master, well trusted in all things; and of course Satan tried to change that. One would imagine that this great man Potiphar would have had a beautiful woman for a wife; and we all know what a dangerous thing beauty in the hands of a woman can be; so this woman cast her eyes upon Joseph and tried to persuade him to lie with her. Now Joseph, a man true to his integrity, resisted her charms and her beguiling entreaties and refused to fall into her trap. Joseph tried reasoning with her, and point out the position of trust her husband had placed him in. “Everything your husband has,” he explained, “he has entrusted to me; every thing that is, except you his wife. How can you expect me to do this great wickedness and so betray not only your husband’s trust, but at the same time sinning against the Lord my God? All things aside, this woman was the very synagogue of Satan; for although Joseph politely, but firmly refused her, she continued day in and day out to harass Joseph, feeling certain no doubt, his charms would surely work on him and he would buckle under; but Joseph was resolute and would not yield to her flattery. So it came to pass that one day when it happened that there was no one else around he grabbed on to Joseph and demanded that he should lie with her, whereupon Joseph fled from the house and her presence; but in the process of fleeing she grabbed unto a part of Joseph’s clothes and screamed rape, showing the garment in her hand as proof of her allegation of sexual assault against Joseph. Is it not well said that hell has no fury like a woman scorned? More