SATURDAY - 10TH FEBRUARY, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
SIN THRIVES IN SECRECY/IN SECRET!
Genesis 39:11, KJV
"And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within."
I think you probably want to have a rethink on reading today's devotional topic. "Sin thrives in secrecy" and if you despise that, you'll see yourself caught up in many sinful practices. By then, you'll have learnt by experience, being able to bear witness.
The boss' wife of Joseph who made advances to him didn't do so in public and when it came to execution time, she also didn't go public while seeking to force Joseph to it. Though Joseph truncated the execution of her plan, it was successfully initiated when she caught him by his garment, making forceful demand that he lies with her.
I said earlier that Mrs. Potiphar didn't appear in public to say, "come, lie with me". She did at a convenient place and time. It was when Joseph went into the house to do his business; when no other person was in the house. Sin, especially the sin of fornication or adultery thrives very well in secrecy. Secrecy is the ground on which it flowers. That's why that old counsel keeps coming to us, "don't be caught with the opposite sex all alone behind a closed door". You might think that's a waste of information and that grace covers you or that you have a special anointing. No! No! You're still human. You're made of the components: flesh and blood. If so, it means you have tendency in you to awaken, crave human passions while being susceptible to human failures. Even the Bible says, "Elias was a man subject to likewise passions as we are..." (James 5:17). That was despite his having called down fire and brought down mighty revival (I Kings 18). Yet, the Bible notes that Elijah is a human like anyone of us and is fretted with our human weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
The devil has a foothold to drag you to sin when you give him such secrecy to thrive in. Either secrecy for the act to happen first time or secrecy by keeping the act to yourself when it happened. The devil usually capitalizes on the latter to make you a slave to such sin by continuing you in it.
No room for the devil in the open. A church usher won't steal when counting the money in the full glare of other ushers. Even if the temptation arises, he'll exercise control. The temptation mounts when he's really all alone. The very need for faithfulness when no one is around. That's real faithfulness!
When Mrs Potiphar couldn't see anyone around, what did she do?
Genesis 39:12, KJV
"And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me..."
Could she have caught Joseph with that same intention and spoken confession in the full glare of all other slaves? You're answering with a no right? Yes, it's a no! That's why I said earlier that sin thrives in secrecy. Thank God for the wisdom of escaping for one's life that Joseph practiced. That's the way out when you're suddenly caught in secrecy to commit fornication or adultery. Flee! Also, when you flee away from the theatre of secrecy, it is believed you would be resisting that temptation more strongly and endorsing your desire to pursue after righteousness. Wanting a change yet continuing where you're easily tempted to sin isn't the solution. Secrecy is darkness. Flee into light and the deed of darkness shall be staunched by light. You expose darkness and cut off its work from thriving when you also expose it. You might want to confide in somebody right away on that sin you have committed or on the thoughts/plans of your heart to commit one. Don't be tempted!
James 1:14 - 15, KJV
"14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
May you not die!
PRAYER: Lord, I refuse to be led away by Satan leveraging on my lusts. It is holiness within and without.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Exodus 30:11-31:18, Matthew 26:47-68, Psalm 32:1-11, Proverbs 8:27-32
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