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- Genesis 39:10
Day after day, she begged Joseph to sleep with her (vs. 10). Joseph refused to entertain her request, until one day she caught him all alone. His response? He turned and ran, running so hard and so fast that his outerwear came off as she grasped it in her hand (vs. 12).
Joseph gives us a vivid picture of Paul's words to the Church at Corinth, “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body” (1 Corinthians 6:18).
The word flee is pheúgō, which means to “seek safety by flight.” Joseph knew the waters were flooding in, so he had to get to high ground.
How many of us respond to sin in the same way? I do not know of a single scripture that tells me to ponder my sin, to take my sin to God in prayer, and ask him to supernaturally deliver me from it, trusting in faith that he will.
I hear men counsel other men all the time, men who are constantly defeated by a particular sin, they say, "I think your only hope is to take it to Christ and Christ will take it from you."
The apostle Paul says something else; Paul says, “run.” Paul does not say, “go and pray to Christ to deliver you.”
No, Paul says flee; Paul says to run the other way when sin presents itself, especially sexual sin.
Do you know the most practical, straightforward, obvious means of killing sin: “run from it.”
Too many people think they must wait for an extraordinary experience, a miracle from heaven, or a sign from the Lord to defeat sin.
They believe some special divine intervention is necessary to free them from sinful actions and sinful thinking.
No, that is precisely the error Romans 6 refutes. You are dead to sin; now put to death the sin that remains. How? “Run from it.” Get away from it. Stop doing it. Don’t even be in the same room with it.
Reckon yourself dead to sin, and don't do it anymore. Become an expert practitioner in resistance... “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
It is as simple as that.
Press On,
Pastor Harp
2 comments
Charlotte Buster
I am 90 years ol and have been a child of God for 82 years. I was taught as a young teen (contrary to popular teaching ) “ you are not a coward when you run, as fast as you can from sin!” I didn’t always do that, however I found it best to “RUN,GIRL RUN””!
I cannot physically run but my mind and heart RUNN, RUN, RUN! Let me testify, Satan loves to work on elderly Christians. You’d think he’d give up but we are vulnerable too. Our sins are of the mind, heart and attitude and we too, must be awake and aware! Thank you for todays devotion. I’m new to the site but will be here!
I am 90 years ol and have been a child of God for 82 years. I was taught as a young teen (contrary to popular teaching ) “ you are not a coward when you run, as fast as you can from sin!” I didn’t always do that, however I found it best to “RUN,GIRL RUN””!
I cannot physically run but my mind and heart RUNN, RUN, RUN! Let me testify, Satan loves to work on elderly Christians. You’d think he’d give up but we are vulnerable too. Our sins are of the mind, heart and attitude and we too, must be awake and aware! Thank you for todays devotion. I’m new to the site but will be here!
sue fernando
excellent devo!!! thank you!!!
excellent devo!!! thank you!!!