“Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.” (v. 10)

Day after day.

That’s the reality of temptation’s timetable.

It’s not one moment on one day. It’s not overcome in a mere instance. It’s almost never in the past.

It’s day after day.

Joseph, in Potiphar’s house, withstood the wiles of his master’s wife—and he did so day after day. But how? By never letting the momentary matter more than the everlasting. He knew that his life and his work were gifts from God to be stewarded for God. Jeopardizing all of that could never be worth it to Joseph.

But he had to make that assessment and resist that temptation and preserve his integrity day after day.

It’s a good reminder, an example worth following.

—Tyler