Mrs. Potiphar was possibly a beautiful women and very skillful in manipulation and the art of sexual seduction. Joseph could not have been her first victim. ‘Many are the victims she has brought down, her slain are a mighty throng’ (PV 7:26). We see here that she was confident of success and her words were arrows directed towards the flesh, to simulate it…. But as experienced as she thought she was, she made a grave mistake. She assumed that Joseph is just a religious man. She did not know Joseph’s God. She underestimated the power of the Holy Spirit in him. She took it for granted that just because she is lusting after Joseph, that Joseph will lust after her.
The evil spirit of Jezebel is foolishly over confident. She assumes that all men are weak and all fall to her seductive power. The devil has a great record of making men fall into sin. But in Christ, we are given His Spirit to successfully resist these attacks.
Apparently Joseph was dead to the flesh. He has been to the Cross of Christ. In fact he stands for Christ, a man who suffered unjustly but overcame at last.
Lesson: Go to the Cross and totally crucify your flesh! The Spirit and the flesh war unto death. There is no settlement for them. At the Cross of Christ the answer is given: Die to sin! Die to the flesh! Die to the world! Die to the devil! Once you are ‘dead’ the devil loses his power to seduce you. For example, a corpse is not afraid to be tempted by a naked woman or by any bribe. This is the secret the devil fears! Die to him and you are free! There is rest in this death and power also.
Madam Potiphar did not know that Joseph was dead to her. She wanted sex with Joseph or he should die. She lost it all. All her fake cries, her manipulations and false accusations achieved nothing. Joseph could have died but God was in control. He was promoted to be a prisoner, a step closer to his destiny. With God, going lower is going higher!

REMEMBER GOD!
Under the temptation to commit adultery, Joseph confronted the evil spirit of Jezebel with the Word of God. This is the same strategy Jesus applied when He was tempted (Mt 4). Read, mediate and pray the Word of God!
Lesson no. six: Preach to the devil!
What Potiphar’s wife called ‘bed’ Joseph called ‘sin against God’. Tell the tempter you are a child of God! Call lust, lesbianism or sex outside marriage by its correct name: SIN! It is because of our sins that Jesus died on the Cross. To sin carelessly it means to crucify Jesus the second time and disgrace His grace… God forbid! I say it again: God forbid!
To remember God it means to study and deposit His Word in our hearts. The greater the deposit of scriptures in your heart, the greater the chance of victory against sin!
‘How can a man keep his way pure? By living according to Your Word…I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You….Praise be to You, O Lord!’ (Ps 119:9-12)