MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Friday May 29, 2020
Topic: There Is A Price For God’s Gifts And
Integrity
Text: Genesis 39:7 – 19
It is
never a mistake that God made some people beautiful or handsome. However, the
way some people abuse these blessings and gifts, gives me cause for concern.
God has never made mistake in blessing us. If we abuse our gifts, we will pay
dearly for it. Our beauty, blessings and gifts may become a snare to us because
some will abuse them and it will no longer make them but mar them.
The gifts
and graces of God upon our lives forbid pride in it, and require constant
watchfulness against the temptation that attends it. On the other hand, we should
have full control over our eyes, lest they infect our hearts. That was the problem
with Portiphar’s wife
She couldn’t
set off her eyes from Joseph in her husband’s house, lusting after Joseph (Genesis
39:7). She became a snare for Joseph because he was handsome and a young man of
honesty and integrity. The result of Joseph’s refusal to consent to her request
led to frame up against him and subsequent imprisonment.
The
frame up and imprisonment was the price Joseph paid for the gift of God in him.
Many people have paid similar prices. Some fell into the hands of the devil and
his agents. Some after the fall could not even summon courage to rise again.
There is nobody gifted by God in terms of beauty, being handsome, intelligent,
talented, etc that hasn’t been tempted or will not be tempted. What matters is
what should be your stand when tempted. Will you yield to their temptation
because you want to avoid going to prison, being punished, etc?
There
is somebody reading this devotion, who out of fear of being punished, refused
to speak the truth as Potiphar’s wife did and somebody is suffering today because
of your silence and betrayal. God requires you to go and make necessary
restitutions. Despite the price Joseph paid, God was with him and he was loved
and privileged above all other prisoners as we shall see tomorrow.
Food for Thought: Every gift and blessings from has a price tag.
Memory verse: Genesis 39:19
Prayer:
Grant me the grace I need O God, never to abuse your gift upon my life or a
stumbling block to other people because of their gifts.
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