FAITH CAPSULE: Do not engage wicked in revenge.

Genesis 39

Joseph dislikes wickedness; sinning before God is evidently not his way of life.
The life of Joseph demonstrated seeking God.
Genesis 39:9 records the character of Joseph, “…How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Whatever anyone does before God continually will count and determine, such is seeking God.
Joseph continually lived against wickedness.
All great wickedness does not hide from God.
Wickedness does not escape the eyes of God.
Above all, great wickedness before God is having the word of God in the mouth but far from the mind. (Jeremiah 12:2)
The onset of wickedness towards Joseph is glaring, especially since his father loved him.
Genesis 37:3-4 records, “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also, he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.”
The testimony of the love of the father of Joseph is the evidence of the hatred of the brothers towards Joseph.
The wickedness was activated towards Joseph when:
Joseph had a dream of greatness, which provoked his brother to attempt to kill him, but later sold him into slavery, which took him to Egypt.
Joseph was not in a position to do wickedness in return for his brothers, but he found favor before God.
The Ishmaelites bought Joseph from his brothers.
As a slave in the house of Potiphar, the Lord was with him.
The wife of his master accused him, 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.” (Genesis 39:17-18)
Wrong accusation is wicked.
It was wickedness that followed Joseph that brought him into prison.
While in prison, he interpreted a dream, which drew the attention of others.
He gained the position to engage with the Pharaoh.
The interpretation of the dream by Pharaoh promoted Joseph from prison to become the Prime Minister of the land.
All through the journey of Joseph, there was no record of his responding to wickedness against him because his character retained the presence of God for him.
The brothers of Joseph unknowingly sought food in Egypt at the time of famine, as they located Joseph in a position of authority.
With no enmity from Joseph to the wickedness of his brothers, he received the brothers well.
The wickedness of the brothers of Joseph separated Joseph, at age seventeen, until he was over the age of thirty, when he saw his father.
Wickedness and sin could not derail Joseph from arriving at the center of his divine calling of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that evil will not deny your answering to the calling of God.