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¿cómo sabes que estás haciendo el mal cuando nadie te está mirando?En este devocional reflexionamos sobre una de las preguntas más profundas que un joven puede hacerse y cómo la Biblia, lejos de ser un libro religioso, nos revela principios eternos aplicables a la vida diaria. A través de la historia de José y la esposa de Potifar, hablamos de conciencia espiritual, identidad, tentación y obediencia, y cómo el verdadero cambio no nace de la fuerza de voluntad, sino de saber quién eres delante de Dios. Este mensaje conecta fe, carácter y hábitos, recordándonos que Dios no solo está en la iglesia, sino con nosotros 24/7.
¿Alguna vez has sentido que la vida ha sido injusta contigo? La traición, el olvido o las circunstancias difíciles pueden empujarnos fácilmente a asumir el papel de víctima. En este episodio, la Apóstol Silvia de Muratore nos invita a cambiar esa narrativa a través de la poderosa historia de José.Más allá de la famosa túnica de colores, la vida de José es un mapa para entender cómo Dios transforma los "pozos" de desesperación en escaleras hacia nuestro propósito. Aprenderás que el favor de Dios no siempre evita los problemas, sino que te capacita para gobernarlos.En este mensaje descubrirás:La Trampa del Victimismo: Cómo dejar de preguntar "¿Por qué a mí?" y empezar a preguntar "¿Para qué estoy aquí?".Integridad en lo Secreto: La importancia de mantener tus principios incluso cuando "nadie te ve", como hizo José en casa de Potifar.El Poder del Perdón: Entender que tus "enemigos" a veces son instrumentos necesarios para empujarte hacia tu destino.La Revelación del Enviado: Cambiar tu perspectiva para ver que no fuiste desechado por los hombres, sino enviado por Dios delante para preservar vida.Si estás atravesando un proceso doloroso o te sientes estancado por errores del pasado, este audio te dará las claves para sanar tu corazón y abrazar tu asignación de gobierno.Conecta con nosotros en https://nuevageneracion.es
Salmos 107:20 “Envió su palabra, y los sanó, Y los libró de su ruina.”Quiero que me preste atención y escuche lo que le voy a decir. Hay algo que he aprendido es encontrar fortaleza en la palabra del Señor. ¿Por qué? Porque cuando tu fortaleza está en el hombre o en las circunstancias, realmente tu fortaleza se vuelve vulnerable. Porque el hombre falla, porque las circunstancias cambian, porque poner nuestra confianza en cosas es lo más equivocado que podemos hacer, mientras que, el que se agarra de la palabra puede estar seguro de esto: cielo y tierra pasarán, pero su palabra nunca pasará. Mateo 24:35 “El cielo y la tierra pasarán, pero mis palabras no pasarán”.Lo que te quiero decir es, si lo dice Dios en su palabra, puedes estar seguro que, pase lo que pase, él lo va a cumplir. Pero escuche, justo el versículo que vamos a leer ahora, para mí ha sido un lugar, un ancla, ha sido un sostén muchas veces en mi vida, así que seguramente cuando lo escuches lo vas a recordar, porque para los que han leído la Biblia o han escuchado la palabra con frecuencia, les va a resonar como un versículo conocido. Dice la palabra del Señor así: Jeremías 29:11-14 "Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dice Jehová, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis. Entonces me invocaréis, y vendréis y oraréis a mí, y yo os oiré; y me buscaréis y me hallaréis, porque me buscaréis de todo vuestro corazón. Y seré hallado por vosotros, dice Jehová, y haré volver vuestra cautividad, y os reuniré de todas las naciones y de todos los lugares adonde os arrojé, dice Jehová; y os haré volver al lugar de donde os hice transportar."Dios está diciendo: "Mis planes son mejores que los tuyos". Y esta palabra, a mí me ha sostenido muchas veces, pero el problema de las promesas es que somos especialistas en agarrarnos de la promesa y olvidar la condición o el proceso alrededor de la promesa. Y eso hace mucho daño, porque toda promesa está ligada a un proceso. Lo vuelvo a repetir: toda promesa está ligada a un proceso. La promesa es a donde Dios te va a llevar, y el proceso es el paso a paso, es el camino mediante el cual Dios te va a llevar. Cuando nosotros ignoramos el proceso, nos frustramos, nos desesperamos, nos afanamos y llegamos a creer que Dios no nos va a cumplir.Quiero traer a memoria la historia de José, creo que es un de los ejemplos mas claros de lo que estamos hablando hoy:José no solo tuvo sueños de grandeza; recibió un diseño de Dios que incluso su padre Jacob, en su sabiduría, supo identificar. La Biblia en Génesis 37:11 dice “Y sus hermanos le tenían envidia, mas su padre meditaba en esto”, Jacob sabía que lo que José veía no era producto de la imaginación, sino una asignación del cielo.Antes de que José gobernara Egipto, la palabra que Dios le dio, tuvo que "trabajar" en él; Veamos el Salmo 105:16-19 “Trajo hambre sobre la tierra, y quebrantó todo sustento de pan. Envió un varón delante de ellos; A José, que fue vendido por siervo. Afligieron sus pies con grillos; En cárcel fue puesta su persona. Hasta la hora que se cumplió su palabra, el dicho de Jehová le probó”; El proceso de José “la cisterna, la casa de Potifar, la cárcel” no fue un desvío del plan, fue el cumplimiento del plan. En la cisterna, Dios mató su orgullo; en la casa de Potifar, Dios probó su integridad; y en la cárcel, Dios probó su paciencia. Dios no te va a sentar en el trono hasta que la promesa te haya procesado.El Secreto de su Resistencia se encuentra en la palabra profética que Jacob declaró sobre José al final de sus días. Esto explica por qué José no se quebró en los 13 años de esclavitud:Desde que José fue echado en la cisterna y vendido como esclavo hasta que fue nombrado gobernador de Egipto, transcurrieron exactamente 13 años, trece años donde Dios no le habló en sueños, pero estuvo con él en silencio, fue el tiempo necesario para que la túnica de colores se convirtiera en un carácter de acero.El inicio del proceso (17 años): José era un adolescente cuando sus hermanos lo vendieron. "Esta es la historia de la familia de Jacob: José, siendo de edad de diecisiete años, apacentaba las ovejas con sus hermanos..." Génesis 37:2.El final del proceso (30 años): José sale de la cárcel para interpretar el sueño y es exaltado al trono. "Era José de edad de treinta años cuando fue presentado delante de Faraón rey de Egipto; y salió José de delante de Faraón, y recorrió toda la tierra de Egipto." Génesis 41:46.”Rama fructífera es José, Rama fructífera junto a una fuente, Cuyos vástagos se extienden sobre el muro. Le causaron amargura, Le tiraron flechas, Y le aborrecieron los arqueros; Mas su arco se mantuvo poderoso, Y los brazos de sus manos se fortalecieron Por las manos del Fuerte de Jacob..." Génesis 49:22-24José pudo mantenerse firme porque, aunque estaba en la sequedad de Egipto, sus raíces estaban junto a la Fuente.El arco de José se mantuvo poderoso porque sus manos fueron fortalecidas por las manos del Fuerte de Jacob, “Dios, Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre”.El punto más alto de la vida de José no fue cuando se puso el anillo del Faraón, sino cuando pudo mirar a quienes lo hirieron y ver la mano de Dios a través de ellos. El proceso fue tan perfecto que no dejó rastro de amargura, solo rastro de propósito. Hay capítulos tristes en nuestras familias: violencia, rechazo, abandono. Hay voces en nuestro subconsciente que nos dicen: "Eres estúpido", "Eres bruto", "No sirves para nada”.José lloró siete veces. No lloró cuando lo promovieron, sino cuando vio que sus hermanos se arrepentían. El perdón no minimiza la justicia; la delega a Dios.¿Quieres ajustar cuentas con tus enemigos? Ese es trabajo de Dios. Él es experto en poner de rodillas a los soberbios y en suavizar a los coléricos. Tu trabajo es no contaminar tu corazón, para que cuando los que te despreciaron vengan con hambre, tú tengas los graneros abiertos.Al final del camino, José declara la verdad más profunda de la providencia divina, enmarcado en Génesis 50:20 ”Vosotros pensasteis mal contra mí, mas Dios lo encaminó a bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida a mucho pueblo”.Nada de lo que ocurre en nuestras vidas es en vano. Dios no permite que te hirieran para destruirte, sino para enviarte delante de otros y preservar vida. Tu proceso no es solo tuyo; es para los que vienen detrás de ti.Cuando entendemos que Dios tiene pensamientos de paz para nosotros (Jeremías 29:11), dejamos de buscar desesperadamente el milagro y empezamos a buscar al Dios del milagro, el cual cuando envía una Palabra, la Palabra que envía, se cumple."José tuvo que pasar por el silencio de la cárcel para poder interpretar el sueño del Faraón. Si José se hubiera saltado el proceso, no habría sabido administrar la abundancia. Tu temporada difícil no es un castigo, es tu entrenamiento para la posición que Dios ya escribió de ti en la eternidad.”De todo esto salen tres principios que debemos aprender de memoria:No rechaces la temporada difícilNosotros estamos llenos de optimismo, y el optimismo que más preocupa es el optimismo que niega la realidad. ¿Y qué si llega la crisis? ¿Y qué si la enfermedad toca tu cuerpo? ¿Y qué si es el mismo Dios el que está permitiendo que eso suceda? Miren la instrucción tan profunda que Dios les dio a los que estaban en el cautiverio en Babilonia. En lugar de prometerles un escape inmediato, les dio una estrategia para su temporada difícil: «Edifiquen casas y habiten en ellas; planten huertos y coman...
Kencan Dengan Tuhan - Selasa, 23 Desember 2025Bacaan: "Tetapi TUHAN menyertai Yusuf, sehingga ia menjadi seorang yang selalu berhasil dalam pekerjaannya; maka tinggallah ia di rumah tuannya, orang Mesir itu." (Kejadian 39:2)Renungan: Ada seorang pria miskin yang bekerja di sebuah istana sebagai pegawai rendahan. Ketika bekerja, ia sering melihat kapal-kapal yang lalu lalang sambil berkata dalam hati, "Suatu hari, aku juga pasti bisa berlayar seperti mereka." Kala itu, memang nama-nama seperti Columbus dan Vasco da Gama tengah berkibar karena pelayarannya. Raja sempat mendengar mimpinya itu, dan langsung mencibir, "Mana bisa? Memangnya dia siapa?" Akan tetapi kesempatan langka itu datang juga. la berkesempatan menjadi seorang awak kapal. Pelan tapi pasti ia lalu menjadi nahkoda kapal. Bahkan di kemudian hari menjadi orang yang mampu mengelilingi dunia. Dia adalah Ferdinand Magellan. Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia menulis bahwa kata 'tetapi' adalah kata penghubung antar kalimat untuk menyatakan hal yang bertolak belakang atau bertentangan. Walau di awal kalimat terdengar satu fase yang buruk, keadaan yang tidak baik, atau terdengar kondisi yang tidak menguntungkan asal ada kata 'tetapi', maka artinya bisa berbeda, bisa terbalik. Ferdinand Magellan punya mimpi yang besar, ia dijegal, ia kurang didukung tetapi kesempatan dalam hidup berkata lain. Yusuf dijual ke Mesir, tetapi Tuhan tetap menyertainya. Yusuf difitnah oleh isteri Potifar, kehidupannya berusaha dihentikan, karirnya ingin dijegal orang, kebahagiaannya dicegat, ia dijebloskan dalam penjara, ia berupaya dijatuhkan, tetapi dalam situasi sedemikian buruk, Alkitab berkata bahwa Tuhan tetap menyertai Yusuf. (Kejadian 39:21). Hasilnya ? Yusuf keluar sebagai pemenang. Tidak peduli seberapa buruk kondisi karir kita hari ini. Tidak peduli seberapa tidak menyenangkannya kehidupan pribadi kita saat ini, tetapi pastikan kita tetap disertai Tuhan. Pastikan perkenanan-Nya ada dalam hidup kita. Pastikan hadirat-Nya selalu ada di sepanjang hari-hari kita. Karena yang menentukan akhir hidup, bukan keadaan yang sekarang tetapi ditentukan oleh kebaikan, kuasa, kemurahan, dan berkat Tuhan. Tuhan Yesus memberkati. Doa:Tuhan Yesus, ajarilah aku untuk selalu berpikir positif atas setiap kejadian yang aku alami setiap hari. Jangan biarkan masalah membuat pikiranku berubah negatif. Aku percaya dibalik pikiran positif ku ada berkat baru yang Kau siapkan bagiku. Amin. (Dod).
This evening we consider how silence contributed to the wish for violence from the brothers toward Yosef. We explore how PTSD neutralizes the process of memory, demonstrated by Yaakov. And we utilize Yosef's steps in defying the temptation of Potifar's wife as a set of guidelines each of us can use to resist whatever temptation we face. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.
Lorsque Yossef était sur le point de fauter avec la femme de Potifar, quelque chose l'a sauvé : le visage de son père, qui lui est apparu à la fenêtre. Qu'est-ce que cela signifie ? Comment comprendre que la différence entre un Tsadik et un Racha' se situe dans la force de l'imagination ? En quoi celle-ci peut-elle tellement aider à progresser ? Réponse à travers des propos du Saba de Kélèm.
Yaakov's example teaches us how to elevate the sparks of the physical world. The story of Potifar's wife reveals the deeper reality behind spiritual challenges. The Chanukah story reminds us of the power of educating children with zero compromises right from the very beginning. This class, taught by Rabbi Shais Taub, is based on Parshas Vayeishev in Likkutei Sichos Vol. 1.
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====================================================https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1====================================================DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA JOVENCITAS“PRINCESA”Narrado por: Sirley DelgadilloDesde: Bucaramanga, ColombiaUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church===================|| www.drministries.org ||===================17 DE NOVIEMBREINTENTO FALLIDO Hablando ella a José cada día, y no escuchándola él para acostarse al lado de ella, para estar con ella. Génesis 39:10 ¿Dificultades? José las conocía muy bien. Vendido como esclavo por sus propios hermanos, fue llevado a una tierra extranjera. Sin embargo, por la gracia de Dios, tuvo la oportunidad de administrar la casa de un funcionario egipcio llamado Potifar. Aunque seguía siendo un esclavo, su integridad y habilidades impresionaron a Potifar. Pero la historia no se detuvo ahí. La esposa de Potifar, atraída por su apariencia, intentó seducirlo. En ese momento, ¿estaba Dios tentando a José? ¿O le estaba dando la oportunidad de fortalecer su carácter? Tal vez era un tiempo de preparación para que aprendiera a resistir tentaciones aún mayores en el futuro. Al igual que un jugador de béisbol que practica su bateo, José estaba en un entrenamiento espiritual. Las Escrituras nos enseñan que Dios nunca nos induce a pecar; Su deseo es que tengamos éxito en cada prueba. Cuando la esposa de Potifar lo presionó, José respondió con valentía: “¿Cómo podría hacer algo tan perverso y pecar contra Dios?” (Génesis 39:9). ¡Y luego corrió! Hoy, aprendamos del ejemplo de José. Cuando enfrentemos tentaciones, recordemos que Dios nos da la fuerza para resistir y la sabiduría para elegir el camino correcto. ¡Confiemos en Él y corremos hacia Su verdad!
Mensagem gravada em 09/11/2025Pastor Rodrigo FreitasMesmo quando os olhos não veem1 Coríntios 2:6-10 NVI[6] Entretanto, falamos de sabedoria entre os que já têm maturidade, mas não da sabedoria desta era ou dos poderosos desta era, que estão sendo reduzidos a nada. [7] Ao contrário, falamos da sabedoria de Deus, do mistério que estava oculto, o qual Deus preordenou, antes do princípio das eras, para a nossa glória. [8] Nenhum dos poderosos desta era o entendeu, pois, se o tivessem entendido, não teriam crucificado o Senhor da glória. [9] Todavia, como está escrito: “Olho nenhum viu, ouvido nenhum ouviu, mente nenhuma imaginou o que Deus preparou para aqueles que o amam”; [10] mas Deus o revelou a nós por meio do Espírito. O Espírito sonda todas as coisas, até mesmo as coisas mais profundas de Deus.https://bible.com/bible/129/1co.2.6-10.NVIGênesis 39:1-4 NVI[1] José havia sido levado para o Egito, onde o egípcio Potifar, oficial do faraó e capitão da guarda, comprou-o dos ismaelitas que o tinham levado para lá. [2] O Senhor estava com José, de modo que este prosperou e passou a morar na casa do seu senhor egípcio. [3] Quando este percebeu que o Senhor estava com ele e que o fazia prosperar em tudo o que realizava, [4] agradou-se de José e tornou-o administrador de seus bens. Potifar deixou a seu cuidado a sua casa e lhe confiou tudo o que possuía.https://bible.com/bible/129/gen.39.1-4.NVI#Jesus #igreja #honra #transformação #Jesus #ressurreição #PalavraDeDeus #DeusPai #EspiritoSanto #PAI #Mensagem #Pregação #Sermão #p4 #p4church #onLine--Curta, compartilhe e inscreva-se para ficar atualizado com os nossos conteúdos!Para saber mais sobre nossa igreja:Site: https://igrejaprojeto4.com.br/Faça seu pedido de Oração: https://igrejaprojeto4.com.br/pedidosFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/p4church/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igrejaprojeto4/Podcast: https://igrejaprojeto4.com.br/p4cast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@IgrejaProjeto4Culto online todos os domingos no YouTube!
Noah is one of three people in the Humash who are described as having "found favor" – מצא חן . The final pasuk of Parashat Bereshit says that Noah מצא חן בעיני ה' – "found favor in G-d's eyes." Later in the Book of Bereshit, we read that Yosef "found favor" in the eyes of his master, Potifar, for whom he worked as a slave ( וימצא יוסף חן בעיניו ). And in the Book of Shemot, Hashem tells Moshe Rabbenu that he "found favor" in His eyes ( כי מצאת חן בעיני ). Some commentaries added that, in fact, Yosef and Moshe are subtly mentioned in the beginning of Parashat Noah. The first pasuk of this parashah describes Noah with two adjectives – צדיק ("righteous") and תמים ("complete"). The word צדיק is associated with Yosef, who is often referred to as יוסף הצדיק , and the word תמים alludes to Moshe Rabbenu, who lived with perfect faith and devotion to Hashem. What is the connection between these three figures – Noah, Yosef and Moshe? The answer is that Yosef and Moshe together corrected Noah's mistake. Noah was, on the one hand, a great man, thanks to whom the world was literally saved, but at the same time, he was guilty of a serious flaw. This is indicated by a pasuk in Yeshayahu which refers to the flood as מי נח – "Noah's waters," suggesting that Noah was somehow to blame for the flood. The Zohar explains that Noah was informed long before the flood of Hashem's intention to destroy the earth – and he did nothing to stop it. He just heeded Hashem's command to build an ark for himself and his family. He had 120 years' notice – but he did not pray for his generation. He did not try to come to their defense, and plead to Hashem to spare them. And so he was, in a certain sense, responsible for the catastrophic flood. Yosef and Moshe exhibited the precise opposite quality. Yosef was betrayed by his brothers, who threw him into a pit to kill him, and then sold him as a slave to a foreign country. But Yosef did not seek revenge. His response was not to get back at them. Instead, he forgave them and even took care of them, providing them food during a severe famine. Yosef, the great צדיק , looked for the good instead of focusing on the bad. He continued loving his brothers despite what they did to him. This quality was continued by Moshe Rabbenu, who repeatedly prayed to Hashem's on behalf of Beneh Yisrael , even when they committed very serious sins. When Hashem decided to annihilate the nation after they worshipped the golden calf, Moshe did not just say "ok" like Noah did. Instead, he petitioned Hashem on their behalf, going so far as to demand that if Hashem destroys the people, he should be destroyed with them. He declared that if Hashem did not forgive the people, then מחני נא – he wanted to be "erased." The word מחני contains the same letters as the phrase מי נח – alluding to the fact that Moshe here corrected Noah's grave mistake. Instead of accepting Hashem's decree against the people of his time, Moshe interceded and prayed that they be saved. The difference between these two attitudes – that of Noah, and that of Yosef and Moshe – is the difference between judging and reserving judgment. Noah looked at the people of his generation, saw everything they did wrong, and decided they deserved to be punished. But Yosef and Moshe didn't rush to judge. Yosef's brothers, and Beneh Yisrael in Moshe's time, acted wrongly, but Yosef and Moshe didn't right away condemn them. They understood that there's so much more than what meets the eye. There's so much going on beneath the surface. No one can ever understand what other people are going through, what kind of struggles they're dealing with, what kind of challenges they face, what kind of pressure they're under. So many things contribute to the way a person acts – and nobody knows any of it. So we cannot judge. And when we don't judge, we wish people well and pray for their wellbeing. We don't get angry and look down at them – we do just the opposite. We look at them the way Yosef looked at his brothers and the way Moshe looked at the people. We look at them kindly and lovingly, even though they did or do things wrong. I cannot tell you how many times it happened that a couple who seemed so happy together, who seemed to have such a wonderful marriage, ended up getting divorced, or turned out to be having a very hard time in marriage. None of us know what other couples are going through. None of us know what kind of struggles other parents are having with their kids. None of us know all the details of our fellow's background and upbringing that could have caused his wrong behaviors. In short, none of us know practically anything about other people, about why they do what they do. Everyone, without exception, is struggling with something that we know absolutely nothing about. So let's stop judging, and start loving. Let's learn from Noah's mistake, and follow the examples set by Yosef and Moshe. Let's give people the benefit of the doubt, try hard to see all the good they do instead of focusing on the bad, and show them lots of love, friendship, and support.
Noah is one of three people in the Humash who are described as having "found favor" – מצא חן . The final pasuk of Parashat Bereshit says that Noah מצא חן בעיני ה' – "found favor in G-d's eyes." Later in the Book of Bereshit, we read that Yosef "found favor" in the eyes of his master, Potifar, for whom he worked as a slave ( וימצא יוסף חן בעיניו ). And in the Book of Shemot, Hashem tells Moshe Rabbenu that he "found favor" in His eyes ( כי מצאת חן בעיני ). Some commentaries added that, in fact, Yosef and Moshe are subtly mentioned in the beginning of Parashat Noah. The first pasuk of this parashah describes Noah with two adjectives – צדיק ("righteous") and תמים ("complete"). The word צדיק is associated with Yosef, who is often referred to as יוסף הצדיק , and the word תמים alludes to Moshe Rabbenu, who lived with perfect faith and devotion to Hashem. What is the connection between these three figures – Noah, Yosef and Moshe? The answer is that Yosef and Moshe together corrected Noah's mistake. Noah was, on the one hand, a great man, thanks to whom the world was literally saved, but at the same time, he was guilty of a serious flaw. This is indicated by a pasuk in Yeshayahu which refers to the flood as מי נח – "Noah's waters," suggesting that Noah was somehow to blame for the flood. The Zohar explains that Noah was informed long before the flood of Hashem's intention to destroy the earth – and he did nothing to stop it. He just heeded Hashem's command to build an ark for himself and his family. He had 120 years' notice – but he did not pray for his generation. He did not try to come to their defense, and plead to Hashem to spare them. And so he was, in a certain sense, responsible for the catastrophic flood. Yosef and Moshe exhibited the precise opposite quality. Yosef was betrayed by his brothers, who threw him into a pit to kill him, and then sold him as a slave to a foreign country. But Yosef did not seek revenge. His response was not to get back at them. Instead, he forgave them and even took care of them, providing them food during a severe famine. Yosef, the great צדיק , looked for the good instead of focusing on the bad. He continued loving his brothers despite what they did to him. This quality was continued by Moshe Rabbenu, who repeatedly prayed to Hashem's on behalf of Beneh Yisrael , even when they committed very serious sins. When Hashem decided to annihilate the nation after they worshipped the golden calf, Moshe did not just say "ok" like Noah did. Instead, he petitioned Hashem on their behalf, going so far as to demand that if Hashem destroys the people, he should be destroyed with them. He declared that if Hashem did not forgive the people, then מחני נא – he wanted to be "erased." The word מחני contains the same letters as the phrase מי נח – alluding to the fact that Moshe here corrected Noah's grave mistake. Instead of accepting Hashem's decree against the people of his time, Moshe interceded and prayed that they be saved. The difference between these two attitudes – that of Noah, and that of Yosef and Moshe – is the difference between judging and reserving judgment. Noah looked at the people of his generation, saw everything they did wrong, and decided they deserved to be punished. But Yosef and Moshe didn't rush to judge. Yosef's brothers, and Beneh Yisrael in Moshe's time, acted wrongly, but Yosef and Moshe didn't right away condemn them. They understood that there's so much more than what meets the eye. There's so much going on beneath the surface. No one can ever understand what other people are going through, what kind of struggles they're dealing with, what kind of challenges they face, what kind of pressure they're under. So many things contribute to the way a person acts – and nobody knows any of it. So we cannot judge. And when we don't judge, we wish people well and pray for their wellbeing. We don't get angry and look down at them – we do just the opposite. We look at them the way Yosef looked at his brothers and the way Moshe looked at the people. We look at them kindly and lovingly, even though they did or do things wrong. I cannot tell you how many times it happened that a couple who seemed so happy together, who seemed to have such a wonderful marriage, ended up getting divorced, or turned out to be having a very hard time in marriage. None of us know what other couples are going through. None of us know what kind of struggles other parents are having with their kids. None of us know all the details of our fellow's background and upbringing that could have caused his wrong behaviors. In short, none of us know practically anything about other people, about why they do what they do. Everyone, without exception, is struggling with something that we know absolutely nothing about. So let's stop judging, and start loving. Let's learn from Noah's mistake, and follow the examples set by Yosef and Moshe. Let's give people the benefit of the doubt, try hard to see all the good they do instead of focusing on the bad, and show them lots of love, friendship, and support.
Pequeños comienzos Por: Pastora Chari Borja Esta semana celebramos con mucha gratitud al Señor los 40 años de Comunidad de Fe. Es importante recordar cómo llegamos hasta aquí, sabiendo que Dios aún tiene mucho más, porque: “La gloria postrera de esta casa será mayor que la primera.” (Hageo 2:9). Zacarías 4:10 (NTV): “No menosprecien estos modestos comienzos…” Esta iglesia es el resultado de la fe inquebrantable de nuestros pastores, de su persistencia, sus semillas, y mucha oración. Comenzamos en las salas de las casas de nuestros padres, experimentando milagros y señales poderosas. Éramos un pequeño grupo de jóvenes que fue inspirado por la pasión del corazón de la pastora Kathy Bastidas. El Señor siguió afirmando el llamado, y así comenzamos a servir a tiempo completo, rentando un pequeño departamento donde la obra crecía. Más adelante, el Señor levantó al pastor David, quien junto a la pastora Kathy serían los fundadores de este ministerio. Los comienzos del pastor David también fueron humildes. Lo conocimos en La Paz, Bolivia, donde estaba siendo preparado por el Señor como misionero, sirviendo con fidelidad. Nada de esto habría sucedido sin obediencia y fe, tanto en nuestros pastores como en cada iglesia de Comunidad de Fe que Dios posteriormente plantó. Zacarías 4:6 (NTV). No es con fuerza ni poder humano. Zorobabel enfrentó grandes desafíos, una montaña de oposición, pero el Señor le prometió que esa montaña se allanaría. Así también hemos visto, durante estos 40 años, montañas moverse por el poder de Dios. Podemos verlo también en la vida de José. Fue vendido como esclavo y llegó a la casa de Potifar, pero todo lo hacía con excelencia, porque el Señor estaba con él. Desde allí ascendió, y aunque pasó por la cárcel, Dios lo llevó al palacio de Faraón. Génesis 41:38. En la parábola de los talentos (Mateo 25), el Señor esperaba fruto. A quienes trabajaron y multiplicaron lo que se les dio, los recompensó, pero al que no hizo nada con su talento, lo reprendió. Dios espera que produzcamos para Su Reino con todo lo que nos ha dado, por pequeño que sea. No lo menosprecies. Dios ve y está en los pequeños comienzos. Hebreos 6:10. Dios ve cuando permanecemos fieles. Quiero animar a las siguientes generaciones a mantener los principios que marcaron los pequeños comienzos de este ministerio: 1. Guardar la presencia del Señor. Éxodo 33:15. 2. Mantener los fundamentos. Salmos 11:3. 3. Vivir una vida de oración. Colosenses 4:2. 4. Mantener una vida de fe. 2 Corintios 4:13. Dios se alegra cuando damos pequeños pasos de fe. Él se regocija cuando decimos “sí” al llamado, al servicio, a compartir las buenas nuevas. Nada debe hacerse con nuestras propias fuerzas, sino bajo la guía del Espíritu Santo y, de esta manera, veremos Su gloria mayor que la primera. La entrada Pequeños comienzos – Ps. Chari Borja se publicó primero en Comunidad de Fe.
The Gemara (Rosh Hashanah 11a) lists several events that occurred on the date of Rosh Hashanah, the first of Tishreh. These include Sara conceiving with a child at the age of 90, after decades of infertility and desperate longing for a child. For this reason, we read on the first day of Rosh Hashanah the story of the birth of Sara's son, Yishak Abinu. The Gemara also mentions that Rosh Hashanah was the day when Yosef was released from prison in Egypt. He had been imprisoned when Potifar's wife falsely charged that he assaulted her, and Yosef spent 12 years in the dungeon, until he was brought before Pharaoh to interpret the king's mysterious dreams. This led to his being named Pharaoh's vizier. It was on Rosh Hashanah, the Gemara teaches, that Yosef was brought out of prison and taken before Pharaoh. This event is alluded to in the 81 st chapter of Tehillim, which – for good reason – is the chapter we read as the "Shir Shel Yom" (daily Psalm) on Rosh Hashanah. We find in this chapter references to both the sounding of the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah ("Tik'u Ba'hodesh Shofar" – verse 4), and Yosef's emergence as the leader of Egypt ("Edut Bi'Yehosef Samo Be'seto Al Eretz Misrayim" – verse 6) – clearly indicating that Yosef left prison on Rosh Hashanah. The Maharsha (Rav Shmuel Eidels, 1555-1631), in his commentary to Masechet Rosh Hashanah, draws a curious connection between these two events – Sara's conception, and Yosef's rise to power in Egypt. In the aforementioned chapter in Tehillim, Yosef's name appears with an extra letter Heh, such that it is written "Yehosef" instead of "Yosef." The Maharsha writes that this extra letter came from Sara, whose name ended with a Heh. Additionally, the Maharsha adds, according to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the letter Heh at the end of G-d's Name (the Name of "Havaya") signifies the concept of Malchut, kingship, and it was thus added to Yosef's name when he ascended to a position of royalty in Egypt. The commentators explain further that Sara's name, as we know, was originally "Sarai," which ended with the letter Yod, and it was later changed to "Sara," which ends with Heh. The letter Yod in Gematria equals 10, and it was divided into two Hehs, as the letter Heh in Gematria equals 5. One was given to Sara, and the other was given to Yosef. The question then becomes, why did specifically these two figures receive the letter Heh? What is their particular connection to this letter, which expresses the theme of Malchut? The answer lies in the fact that both Sara and Yosef faced numerous hardships over the course of many years, and nevertheless maintained pristine faith in Hashem. Sara was childless for many years, was twice abducted by ruthless kings, and wandered from place to place for much of her life. Yosef was cruelly banished from his home, brought as a slave to Egypt, where he was tempted by his master's wife – and when he refused, she had him imprisoned. As mentioned, he remained in prison for 12 years. Neither Sara nor Yosef ever questioned or challenged G-d's judgment. They fully and wholeheartedly accepted His rule over the world without complaint. And this is the greatest expression of Malchut – unconditional and unreserved submission to, and acceptance of, Hashem's will as the ultimate good. This is why Sara and Yosef are associated with the letter Heh – which signifies Hashem's kingship – and why they are associated with Rosh Hashanah, the day we celebrate Hashem's kingship. This teaches us a crucial lesson about how we must approach Rosh Hashanah. Many people approach this day focused solely on what went wrong during the previous year, and on their hopes and aspirations for the coming year, everything they want to be better during the new year. But they forget about all that went right during the past year, all the wonderful blessings that Hashem had granted them. The Tiferet Shlomo (Rav Shlomo of Radomsk, Poland, 1801-1866) taught that if we want our prayers to be answered, we must first thank Hashem for all the good in our lives before proceeding to ask for what we want. We cannot enter Rosh Hashanah ungratefully, complaining about all that is wrong with our lives, without first acknowledging, appreciating and being thankful for all that is currently right with our lives. After all, Rosh Hashanah is the day when Hashem is crowned anew as king over the universe, an event to which only "VIP members" are invited – and we, Am Yisrael, are the "VIP members." Imagine someone receiving an invitation to attend the Presidential inauguration, and he shows up with a frown, angry and agitated. When he gets a turn to greet the President, he doesn't smile, because he's so upset about whatever it is that's bothering him. He would likely be thrown out of the party, and he certainly would not be invited the next time around... On Rosh Hashanah, we are the special guests at Hashem's "inauguration." And thus Ezra Ha'sofer told the people on Rosh Hashanah, "Hedvat Hashem Hi Ma'uzchem" – that their source of strength and success was their joy and festivity on this day (Nehemia 8:10). We must show up on Rosh Hashanah smiling, celebrating Hashem's kingship, grateful for all He had done for us. Each and every year throughout her years of infertility, Sara joyously celebrated Hashem's kingship on Rosh Hashanah – just as Yosef did each and every year he spent in the dungeon. Of course, they also prayed for what they needed – but not before they felt genuine gratitude for all that they had. Let us enter Rosh Hashanah not only with a "laundry list" of everything we want Hashem to give us, but also with sincere gratitude for all that He has already given us, and we will then be worthy of His continued grace, kindness and blessing, Amen.
==============================================SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1==================================================== DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA MUJERES 2025“AMANECER CON JESÚS”Narrado por: Sirley DelgadilloDesde: Bucaramanga, ColombiaUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church===================|| www.drministries.org ||===================27 de AgostoTergiversar para hacer mal«Los principales sacerdotes, los ancianos y todo el Concilio, buscaban falso testimonio contra Jesús para entregarlo a la muerte, pero no lo hallaron, aunque se presentaron muchos testigos falsos. Pero al fin vinieron dos testigos falsos, que dijeron: -Este dijo: "Puedo derribar el Templo de Dios y en tres días reedificarlo"» (Mateo 26: 59-61).«El que lee un texto, sin leer el contexto, lee por puro pretextos. Aunque era muy pequeña cuando la escuché, su rima hizo que no me olvidara de esta frase. A medida que el tiempo pasó, la vida me hizo comprender cuánta verdad hay en dicha expresión.Las palabras dichas por Jesús en Juan 2: 19, «Destruyan este Templo y en tres días lo levantaré», estaban siendo utilizadas en su contra como una amenaza a la construcción del glorioso templo del que se mofaban los judíos. Cuán lejos estaban de la verdad, pero usaron esa declaración para acusar a Jesús de blasfemia.Tergiversar significa «dar una interpretación errónea o falsa a algo». Es decir, dañar una verdad, sacar de contexto una declaración con el objetivo de confundir y causar problemas. Esta es una de las armas que más resultado ha dado al enemigo cuando de la Palabra de Dios se trata. Desde el principio tergiversó la orden de Dios de no comer del árbol, del conocimiento del bien y del mal. El enemigo no inventa nuevas ideas, sino que usa las de Dios de forma incorrecta para confundir a la humanidad. Una mujer que tergiversó vilmente la verdad para dañar a otro fue la esposa de Potifar. Era verdad que José estuvo en su recámara, era verdad que sus ropas quedaron en manos de ella, pero era falso que José quiso abusar de ella.Querida amiga, oremos a Dios para que el Espíritu Santo nos guíe siempre hacia la verdad; que nuestras palabras sean verídicas sin tergiversación y que cada palabra en las Sagradas Escrituras sea comprendida en nuestra mente con el propósito para el cual fueron escritas. Que la prudencia en nuestro hablar no deje palabras entredichas, sino que con toda firmeza estemos siempre dispuestas a ser veraces. Satanás es el padre de la mentira, pero la buena noticia es que Dios es el Padre de la verdad y él nos conducirá hacia su verdad. ¿Hija de quién decides ser?
A história contada por Jesus retrata um cenário onde alguns servos recebem responsabilidades, respeitando a capacidade de cada um, concluindo com a prestação de contas!Na maioria das traduções da Bíblia, é preciso observar o v.1 do cap. 25 pra entender que se trata de uma comparação com o Reino de Deus: “O Reino dos céus é semelhante...” (A NVT facilitou trazendo a frase para o v. 14)Não é difícil compreender o significado da história contada por Jesus: Ele é o senhor que partiu, mas antes nos deixou tarefas, esperando que possamos desenvolver a Sua obra (Igreja) e um dia vai voltar para que prestemos conta acerca do que fizemos com o que Ele deixou em nossas mãos.Mas a história contada por Jesus retrata a cultura antiga envolvendo os escravos, em que na necessidade da ausência do senhor da propriedade, alguns escravos eram selecionados para administrar os seus bens.Em ambos os testamentos na Bíblia, nos deparamos com narrativas envolvendo uma pessoa a quem foi confiada a gerência da riqueza ou das propriedades e posses de outra pessoa.Exemplo disso é José no Egito que, devido a necessidade de ausência do seu “dono”, ficou responsável pela administração de tudo o que ele possuía, de maneira que Potifar não tinha que ter preocupação nenhuma, exceto comer (Gn 39.4,6)A comparação que Jesus faz do Reino dos Céus com um senhor que partiu e confiou os seus bens à 3 dos seus servos, é uma orientação profunda acerca do serviço cristão.#igrejabatista #igrejanaoelugar #somosalife #reflexão #serviracristo #servircomamor
Devocional do dia 13/08/2025 com o Tema: "Cobiça” O dicionário define ‘cobiça’ como “ambição exagerada (por honra, poder, riqueza etc.); desejo, ânsia, avidez ardente de possuir, dominar ou ter poder sobre alguma coisa ou pessoa”. É um daqueles sentimentos que identificamos nos outros, mas, raramente, admitimos que podemos acalentá-lo no coração. A esposa de Potifar é um exemplo de alguém que se deixou dominar pela cobiça, mesmo tendo uma família, um lar, bens e empregados a seu dispor LEITURA BÍBLICA: Gênesis 39.6-21 Não cobice a casa do seu próximo. Não cobice a mulher do seu próximo, nem o seu servo, nem a sua serva, nem o seu boi, nem o seu jumento, nem coisa alguma que pertença ao seu próximo (Êx 20.17).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aprofunde sua devoção a Deus em fiel.in/devocionalO pagamento pela paciênciaVós, na verdade, intentastes o mal contra mim; porém Deus o tornou em bem, para fazer, como vedes agora, que se conserve muita gente em vida. (Gênesis 50.20)A história de José em Gênesis 37-50 é uma grande lição do porquê devemos ter fé na soberana graça futura de Deus.José é vendido como escravo por seus irmãos, o que deve ter testado tremendamente a sua paciência. Mas a ele é dado um bom trabalho na casa de Potifar. Então, quando está agindo retamente no lugar não planejado da obediência, a esposa de Potifar mente sobre sua integridade e ele é lançado na prisão — outra grande prova para sua paciência.Porém, novamente, as coisas melhoram e o carcereiro da prisão lhe concede responsabilidade e respeito. Mas quando ele pensa que está prestes a obter um indulto por meio do copeiro do Faraó, cujo sonho interpretou, o copeiro o esquece por mais dois anos.Finalmente, o significado de todos esses desvios e atrasos torna-se claro. José diz aos seus irmãos de quem havia se separado há muito tempo: “Deus me enviou adiante de vós, para conservar vossa sucessão na terra e para vos preservar a vida por um grande livramento... Vós, na verdade, intentastes o mal contra mim; porém Deus o tornou em bem, para fazer, como vedes agora, que se conserve muita gente em vida” (Gênesis 45.7, 50.20).Qual teria sido o segredo para a paciência de José durante todos aqueles longos anos de exílio e maltrato? A resposta é: fé na graça futura: a graça soberana de Deus para transformar o lugar e caminho não planejados no final mais feliz que se possa imaginar.--Devocional Alegria Inabalável, por John Piper | Editora Fiel.Conteúdo oferecido em parceria entre Desiring God e Ministério Fiel.
Aunque José es acusado injustamente, sigue siendo fiel. ¿Qué haces cuando haces lo correcto pero todo sale mal? Dios estaba con José incluso en la cárcel. ¿Te das cuenta de que Su presencia no depende de las circunstancias? O post Génesis 39 – José en casa de Potifar y en la cárcel apareceu primeiro em Nuevo Tiempo.
Leitura Bíblica Do Dia: Gênesis 39:1-12 Plano De Leitura Anual: 1 Crônicas 13–15; João 7:1-27 Já fez seu devocional hoje? Aproveite e marque um amigo para fazer junto com você! Confira: Um professor de natação viu um carro afundando nas águas escuras duma baía e ouviu o motorista gritando “Eu não sei nadar!”. Uma multidão se aglomerava para observar a cena, mas Antônio correu até as pedras, removeu sua prótese de perna e mergulhou para salvar o homem de 68 anos. Graças à ação decisiva de Antônio, uma vida foi salva. Nossas escolhas importam. Veja Jacó: pai de muitos filhos, ele abertamente tratava melhor seu caçula de 17 anos, José, e, tolamente, deu-lhe uma “linda túnica” (GÊNESIS 37:3). O resultado? Os irmãos de José “o odiavam” (v.4) e, quando a chance surgiu, venderam-no como escravo (v.28). No entanto, José foi parar no Egito, e o Senhor o usou para preservar sua família, e muitas outras, durante uma fome que durou sete anos, apesar da intenção dos irmãos de prejudicá-lo (50:20). O ponto de virada foi a decisão de José de ser honrado e fugir da esposa de seu patrão, Potifar (39:1-12). José acabou sendo preso (39:20) e, eventualmente, conheceu o faraó (41:1-57). Antônio tinha como vantagem o fato de saber nadar, mas ainda assim, teve que tomar uma decisão ao escolher usar sua habilidade e salvar aquele homem. Quando amamos a Deus e buscamos servi-lo, Ele nos ajuda a fazer as escolhas que honram a Deus e promovem a vida. A primeira delas, se você ainda não a fez, é confiar em Jesus. Por: ALYSON KIEDA
Send us a text1 Petrus 2:19-21 Dit is genade as iemand die pyn van onverdiende lyding verduur omdat hy aan God getrou wil wees. As julle gestraf word wanneer julle oortree het, watter verdienste is daarin as julle dit verdra? Maar om lyding te verdra wanneer julle goed doen, dit is genade van God. Juis hiervoor is julle ook geroep, omdat Christus self vir julle gely en so vir julle 'n voorbeeld gestel het, sodat julle in sy voetspore kan volg. Weet jy wat my regtig ontstel? Dis wanneer ek moet ly as ek niks verkeerd gedoen het nie; wanneer my goeie bedoelings verkeerd vertolk word en mense teen my draai. 'n Klassieke voorbeeld van iemand wat onregverdig gely het, is Josef, wat deur sy eie broers in slawerny verkoop is aan Midianitiese handelaars op pad na Egipte toe. Hulle het hom op hulle beurt toe as slaaf aan Potifar, ‘n Egiptiese hofbeampte van farao, verkoop. Toe Josef se werkgewer se vrou hom herhaaldelik probeer verlei het, het Josef vir haar gesê: “Kyk, my meester vertrou my met alles in sy hele huishouding. Hoe kan ek ooit so 'n slegte ding doen? Ek sal mos teen God oortree.” Uit wraak het Potifar se vrou hom van molestering aangekla en in die tronk laat sit, terwyl hy totaal onskuldig was. Ons ken die res van Josef se verhaal, en ons sien hoe hy ten spyte van die onregverdige gevangenisskap nederig opgetree het teenoor die farao en hoe hy ook sy broers se onreg teenoor hom vergewe het. Ons sien dat Josef gely het omdat hy nie God se Naam oneer wou aandoen nie. So, hoe reageer jy wanneer jy onregverdig moet ly? 1 Petrus 2:19-21 Dit is genade as iemand die pyn van onverdiende lyding verduur omdat hy aan God getrou wil wees. As julle gestraf word wanneer julle oortree het, watter verdienste is daarin as julle dit verdra? Maar om lyding te verdra wanneer julle goed doen, dit is genade van God. Juis hiervoor is julle ook geroep, omdat Christus self vir julle gely en so vir julle 'n voorbeeld gestel het, sodat julle in sy voetspore kan volg.Ons het die verantwoordelikheid om self besluite te neem; en wanneer die lewe onregverdig is, is dit inderdaad 'n moeilike besluit, maar … Jesus het vir jou die voorbeeld gegee om te volg. Hy het vir jou gely. Dit wys jou wat jy moet doen.Dit is God se Woord. Vars … vir jou … vandag. Support the showEnjoying The Content?For the price of a cup of coffee each month, you can enable Christianityworks to reach 10,000+ people with a message about the love of Jesus!DONATE R50 MONTHLY
A man said he has done a certain segula in the hope that he would be married within a year. However, the year has passed, and he is still in the same position. He feels let down and is in need of chizuk . This sentiment is shared by many others who have had the same types of letdowns. A woman once told me she took upon herself to be careful in the area of modesty in the hope that she would have righteous children. However, when she did not see her children acting in the way she hoped, in her words, she became disenchanted with tziniut . What chizuk can we give people in situations where they have followed the advice of our Rabbis and grown spiritually in the hope of being granted something they need, but have not gotten what they have expected? The Mishnah says in Pirkeh Avot , שכר מצוה מצוה – the reward for doing a mitzvah is that Hashem will give the person an opportunity to do another mitzvah. Although we love to see immediate benefits from our actions, Hashem wants us to have the ultimate benefit, eternal bliss. There is nothing in this world that could compare to the pleasure we will receive in the Next World for our mitzvot. The greatest gift that Hashem could give a person is something that is going to make him happy for eternity, not just for the moment. Being that in many instances, we do see side benefits in this world for our performance of mitzvot, when those side benefits do not come about, it presents us with a wondrous opportunity to earn infinite rewards for our avodat Hashem. This is because it is then that we can display our emunah and tell Hashem, we know You are appreciating what we are doing, we know You are trustworthy to reward us the way You know is best, so we are going to continue growing and continue to serve You to the best of our ability. If someone has taken something upon himself as a zechut and he didn't see the side benefit he was expecting, if he would continue doing that avodat Hashem, every moment of it would become infinitely greater. That itself may very well be the immediate reward that Hashem is giving him, the opportunity to soar to the greatest heights. Yosef HaTzaddik was presented with one of the most difficult tests in all of history. With superhuman strength, he overcame that test. We can only imagine Yosef's tefilot every day, stuck in Mitzrayim as a slave to Potifar, he must have been begging Hashem to go back home and be reunited with his father, where he could once again be surrounded by kedusha . He must have thought that in the zechut of overcoming that enormous test, Hashem would bring him out of Egypt. But instead, he was thrown into a prison for 12 years. Yosef could have easily said, "That's what I get for being a tzaddik ? Why should I continue?" Yet, the Toldot Adam in parashat Vayeshev writes that the pasuk testified, Yosef maintained all of his levels of righteousness throughout the entire time he was in prison, as it says, ויהי שם בבית הסוהר – and the word שם means the same as he was before. This opportunity for Yosef to remain righteous despite that letdown, is precisely what made him into the great tzaddik that he became. That episode of being thrown into prison was part of the reward that Yosef received for his tzidkut , being given the chance to become Yosef HaTzaddik that we are still learning from today. A man told that he went to the Kotel for 40 consecutive days to pray for a shidduch . When the 40 days were up, he waited with anticipation of his long-awaited salvation, but nothing came. However, rather than turn the other way, he decided to double his efforts. He went to pray by the Kotel for the next 80 consecutive days. Some time after that, he did get engaged. But that was not his ultimate reward. The fact that he got that opportunity to show his emunah in Hashem(when the salvation didn't come) and used it to pray even harder for a longer period of time was his greatest gain, and it is going to last him for all eternity. We love to see the benefits in this world as well, and we hope that we will see them, but in the meantime, if the efforts we have been putting forth did not yet produce the results we were hoping for, we should utilize the time to earn the ultimate reward, serving Hashem with steadfast emunah.
If we would be able to see what we accomplish by doing mitzvot, we would run after them with such excitement and everything in this world would pale in comparison to them. When the Jewish People were preparing to leave Mitzrayim, they were told to go and gather all the wealth of Egypt. At that time, Moshe Rabbenu chose to go and find the aron of Yosef instead, and for that Chazal applied the pasuk חכם לב יקח מצוות to him. While everyone was becoming billionaires, Moshe went to do one mitzvah and he was called the wisest of all of them for that endeavor. Besides for the fact that his reward was eternal while their wealth would only last here in this world, seven days later at Yam Suf, the entire nation was in jeopardy of being killed out by the Mitzrim . When the Sea saw the aron of Yosef, it split and the entire nation was saved. Moshe Rabbenu was thus credited with saving the entire Klal Yisrael because of his pursuit of that one mitzvah. Why did the Sea split for Yosef? Because years before when he was being tested with the wife of Potifar, he ran away from temptation and so now the water was running away from his aron to save the entire Klal Yisrael . Imagine if during that difficult test Yosef would have known that he was going to be the cause of millions of people to be saved, he would have ran away with ease, it wouldn't have even been a test. However, Hashem does not allow a person to see the wondrous effects of what his deeds are going to accomplish, in order for his free will to remain balanced. But we must know that if we did have the eyes to see what was happening when we do mitzvot, we would be so excited to perform every single one of them. I read a story about a man who asked the gabai in his shul to reserve Aliyat Maftir and chazan for Mussaf on one of the upcoming Shabbatot , since that was the week of his mother's yahrtzeit . This man was a very organized person and always made sure to plan things a long time in advance. He was a long time member of that shul and one of its supporters and the gabai told him both of those honors were open and he made a note to reserve them for him. When that Shabbat arrived, the man came into shul filled with anticipation, but there he noticed that a stranger had joined the minyan that day and was in deep conversation with the gabai . The man was curious to hear what the debate was about and, to his shock, he found out that this stranger had asked for Maftir and chazan for Mussaf because he also had a yahrtzeit . Here he was a long time member and supporter of the shul and he asked for these from weeks in advance and now some stranger just strolls in out of the blue and thinks he can take those honors? But then, a small voice whispered inside of him, maybe he should give in? Who knows what merits help the neshama the most. Maybe giving up what was his for someone else would accomplish even more. And so, with great strength, he went over to the gabai and told him to give those honors to the other man. He would take a different aliyah and be chazan for Shacharit on the actual yahrtzeit instead. The gabai said, " Chas v'shalom , there is a system here, these are yours." The man reassured the gabai that he was actually happy to do this. And when the gabai saw he was serious, he went over and gave them to the other man. Rabbi Aharon Toisig, a prominent Rav from Bnei Brak, was present in the shul when this episode took place and he related what happened the next day. The congregant came into shul and said his mother came to him in a dream and said to him, "My son, I was given special permission to descend to this world to thank you. The elevation that I experienced when you gave up the Maftir and Mussaf was greater than any other I had ever experienced. I remember well the elevation I merited in past years when you got Aliyat Maftir and was chazan for Mussaf , but those did not come close to what I merited this year when you mustered up the fortitude to give up the honors that were rightfully yours for the sake of peace and to help someone else." This is just one small example of the great effects of our deeds. The harder they are to perform, the greater they become. We should always run to do mitzvot with the utmost excitement.
Eclesiastés 12:13-14 "El fin de todo el discurso oído es este: Teme a Dios, y guarda sus mandamientos; porque esto es el todo del hombre. 14 Porque Dios traerá toda obra a juicio, juntamente con toda cosa encubierta, sea buena o sea mala”.Te has preguntado alguna vez ¿Que es lo que Dios quiere de ti?, ¿Que es lo que Dios quiere hacer con tu vida?, sería interesante que podamos conocer cuál es la voluntad de Dios para nuestras vidas, aunque sabemos que la voluntad de Dios es ”buena, agradable y perfecta” muchas veces no queremos conocerla, ni aceptarla y mucho menos ejecutarla, ya que, los procesos de Dios parecen que fueran difíciles de llevar.Encuentro dos maneras de conocer la voluntad de Dios para estos tiempos:La primera es a través de la Palabra; Aquí está buena parte de la voluntad de Dios para nuestra vida, lo que Dios quiere hacer, establecer, cómo quiere que vivamos y la manera correcta de vivir. En la Biblia no aparece cuál es la voluntad de Dios con tu trabajo, no aparece la mujer o el hombre con la que Dios quiere que se case, ni el nombre de la persona con quien va hacer un negocio, sin embargo, Dios tiene una voluntad al respecto de todas estas cosas que acabamos de mencionar: “Hacer siempre lo correcto con respecto a lo que dice Su Palabra”.Lo segundo es lo que se conoce como el propósito de Dios para nuestras vidas y es aquí donde me detengo un poco para mirar lo que ocurrió con ciertos personajes que se encuentran registrados en la Biblia y que lograron cumplir con el propósito que Dios les encomendó y que cada experiencia con Dios quedó plasmada para enseñanza de las próximas generaciones. Le menciono algunos nombres: Abraham, Jacob, José, Moisés, Josué y podríamos llegar a Jesús, todos tenían propósitos específicos para sus vidas. Hay un propósito que es únicamente para ti, no para mí, y sólo tú lo vas a cumplir, porque Dios te ha dotado de todo lo que necesitas para hacerlo; tu misión, tu responsabilidad en otras palabras: Hay un plan hecho por Dios para ti, para que lo cumplas.Hoy quiero enfocar esta enseñanza en la historia de un joven soñador, José: (10 minutos max).Dios usa lo improbable para cumplir su propósito, por esto surgen giros inesperados en nuestra vida con el fin de desarrollar una fe inquebrantable y una confianza única en el plan de Dios.José tuvo algunos sueños proféticos donde se veía como el líder de toda su familia y por causa de esos sueños y por ser el preferido de su padre Jacob y su madre Raquel, sus hermanos lo aborrecían hasta tal punto que lo arrojaron a una cisterna y lo vendieron como esclavo a unos mercaderes Ismaelitas que se dirigían a Egipto. Fue llevado a una tierra extranjera lejos de su familia, fue comprado como esclavo por Potifar, un oficial de faraón. A pesar de su condición de esclavo, José se mantuvo fiel a Dios, ganó la confianza de Potifar, y fue puesto a cargo de toda su casa. Sin embargo, la injusticia llegó a su vida, tras resistir las insinuaciones de la esposa de Potifar, fue falsamente acusado de intentar abusar de ella y terminó encarcelado. En la prisión nunca flaqueó, continuó sirviendo y Dios estaba con él dándole gracia ante el encargado de la cárcel.En prisión interpretó los sueños de 2 siervos de faraón, el copero y el panadero. Esta habilidad dada por Dios sería su puerta de salida de años de prueba al propósito que Dios había preparado para él. Años después, cuando el faraón tuvo sueños increíblemente inquietantes que nadie podía interpretar, el copero se acordó de José y José fue llamado ante Faraón, y con sabiduría divina reveló el significado de los sueños: siete años de abundancia serían seguidos por siete años de hambruna. Faraón no sólo creyó en José, sino que lo nombró gobernador de Egipto, el cual fue encargado de preparar el país para enfrentar la crisis; de esclavo injustamente Tratado, José se convirtió en el segundo hombre más poderoso de Egipto; Este fue parte del plan de Dios para preservar la descendencia de Jacob y cumplir sus promesas. José se casó con Asenat, hija de Potifera sacerdote de On, Génesis 41:45. Con todo esto, Dios estaba cumpliendo la promesa de bendecir a José en Tierra extranjera. Del matrimonio nacieron 2 hijos, Manasés y Efraín, nombres con profundo significado espiritual: Manasés “Dios me hizo olvidar todo mi sufrimiento y toda la casa de mi padre”, representaba la sanidad del peso emocional de sus traumas y Efraín “Dios me hizo prosperar en la Tierra de mi sufrimiento” con el cual celebraba la fidelidad de Dios transformando sus adversidades en bendición. La historia de José culmina con el reencuentro con su familia en medio de la hambruna que azotó toda la región, sus hermanos quienes lo habían vendido como esclavo llegaron a Egipto en busca del alimento, sin saber que aquel a quien se dirigían era el mismo hermano que habían vendido. La reacción de José fue de compasión, no de venganza, reconoció la soberanía de Dios en todos los eventos de su vida y declaró en Génesis 50:20 “Vosotros pensasteis mal contra mí, mas Dios lo encaminó a bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida a mucho pueblo”. Gracias a la sabiduría de José, La familia de Jacob encontró refugio en Egipto y fue preservada durante los años de hambruna, Jacob, ya anciano y consiente que sus días estaban llegando a su fin, tomó la decisión de adoptar a sus dos nietos como si fueran sus propios hijos. Colocó a manasés y Efraín al mismo nivel de sus hijos, asegurándoles una parte de la herencia; en aquella época la primogenitura y la herencia estaban directamente relacionadas con la continuidad del pacto de Dios con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob; Manasés y Efraín formaron parte de la formación del pueblo de Israel, al incluirlos, Jacob restauraba completamente la conexión que se había perdido entre José y la línea de la promesa. Dios no actúa según la lógica humana. Jacob, siendo el menor, recibió la bendición de Isaac en lugar de Esaú el primogénito, así mismo ocurrió con los hijos de José, Jacob colocó la soberanía de Dios por encima de las tradiciones humanas. Rubén el primogénito, había perdido su lugar de honor al deshonrar a Jacob su padre, Génesis 35:22 “Aconteció que cuando moraba Israel en aquella tierra, fue Rubén y durmió con Bilha la concubina de su padre; lo cual llegó a saber Israel"; Simeón y Leví también habían cometido actos de violencia extrema.Al destacar a Manasés y a Efraín, Jacob estaba declarando, que Dios puede redimir historias y usar a quien él quiera para cumplir sus planes; Jacob destituye a Rubén su primogénito, y a Simeón el segundo en la línea de los descendientes, Rubén era su hijo mayor con lea y como primogénito debió haber heredado el rol del líder familiar, sin embargo pierde este privilegio debido al grave error de tener relaciones con Bilha, una de las concubinas de Jacob, su padre.En Génesis 49:3-4 “Rubén, tú eres mi primogénito, mi fortaleza, y el principio de mi vigor Principal en dignidad, principal en poder. Impetuoso como las aguas, no serás el principal, por cuanto subiste al lecho de tu padre; Entonces te envileciste, subiendo a mi estrado”. Jacob le habla de su falta de carácter y autoridad. Simeón y Levi cometieron errores públicos y violentos, lideraron una venganza brutal contra los hombres de Siquem tras el incidente con su hermana dina, violencia extrema y engaño, Génesis 49:5-7 “Simeón y Leví son hermanos; Armas de iniquidad sus armas. En su consejo no entre mi alma, ni mi espíritu se junte en su compañía. Porque en su furor mataron hombres, y en su temeridad desjarretaron toros. Maldito su furor, que fue fiero; Y su ira, que f...
Yosef institutionalized - Riding the slavery trainWebsite: http://www.battle4freedom.com/Network: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/Battle4Freedomhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2016%3A9&version=CJBProverbs 16:9A person may plan his path, but Adonai directs his steps.Slave to his spoiling fatherGenesis 37:3Now Isra'el loved Yosef the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe.Slave to his bitter brothersGenesis 37:4When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn't even talk with him in a civil manner.Slave to traffickersGenesis 37:27"Come, let's sell him to the Yishma`elim, instead of putting him to death with our own hands. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers paid attention to him.Slave to government officialGenesis 39:1-6aYosef was brought down to Egypt, and Potifar, an officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Yishma`elim who had brought him there. Adonai was with Yosef, and he became wealthy while he was in the household of his master the Egyptian. His master saw how Adonai was with him, that Adonai prospered everything he did. Yosef pleased him as he served him, and his master appointed him manager of his household; he entrusted all his possessions to Yosef. From the time he appointed him manager of his household and all his possessions, Adonai blessed the Egyptian's household for Yosef's sake; Adonai's blessing was on all he owned, whether in the house or in the field. So he left all his possessions in Yosef's care; and because he had him, he paid no attention to his affairs, except for the food he ate.Slave to Sexual HarassmentGenesis 39:6b-10Now Yosef was well-built and handsome as well. In time, the day came when his master's wife took a look at Yosef and said, "Sleep with me!" But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, because my master has me, he doesn't know what's going on in this house. He has put all his possessions in my charge. In this house I am his equal; he hasn't withheld anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against G_d?" But she kept pressing him, day after day. Nevertheless, he didn't listen to her; he refused to sleep with her or even be with her.Slave to MatriarchyGenesis 39:11-18However, one day, when he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men living in the house was there indoors, she grabbed him by his robe and said, "Sleep with me!" But he fled, leaving his robe in her hand, and got himself outside. When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had escaped, she called the men of her house and said to them, "Look at this! My husband brought in a Hebrew to make fools of us. He came in and wanted to sleep with me, but I yelled out loudly. When he heard me yelling like that, he left his robe with me and ran out." She put the robe aside until his master came home. Then she said to him, "This Hebrew slave you brought us came in to make a fool of me. But when I yelled out, he left his robe with me and fled outside."Slave to SimpismGenesis 39:19-20When his master heard what his wife said as she showed him, "Here's what your slave did to me," he became furious. Yosef's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept; and there he was in the prison.Slave to penal systemGenesis 39:21-22But Adonai was with Yosef, showing him grace and giving him favor in the sight of the prison warden. The prison warden made Yosef supervisor of all the prisoners in the prison; so that whatever they did there, he was in charge of it.Slave to AdonaiGenesis 39:23The prison warden paid no attention to anything Yosef did, because Adonai was with him; and whatever he did, Adonai prospered.Credits:https://unsplash.com/photos/a-close-up-of-a-bicycle-handlebar-0-MhLbNrwM4https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bunch-of-chains-that-are-stacked-together-Wltax1jI6cs
====================================================SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1==================================================== DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA JÓVENES 2025“HOY ES TENDENCIA”Narrado por: Daniel RamosDesde: Connecticut, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church===================|| www.drministries.org ||===================12 de MarzoLa firma del presidente«Así que, si el Hijo los hace libres, ustedes serán verdaderamente libres». Juan 8: 36Abraham Lincoln figura como uno de los personajes más destacados de la historia moderna y es ampliamente considerado como uno de los mejores presidentes de los Estados Unidos. Su renombre se debe, en parte, a su perseverancia, ya que enfrentó varias derrotas electorales antes de asumir la presidencia como el decimosexto mandatario del país. Asimismo, es recordado por su integridad, siendo apodado el honesto Abe.Lincoln dirigió los Estados Unidos durante la Guerra Civil Estadounidense y promovió la reconciliación y reconstrucción del país después de tan sangriento conflicto. Su discurso antes de la batalla de Gettysburg es considerado uno de los discursos más influyentes de la historia. Pero el mayor logro de Lincoln fue firmar la Proclamación de Emancipación, que puso fin a la esclavitud en el territorio norteamericano.Cuenta la historia que cuando Lincoln se disponía a firmar la Proclamación de Emancipación, el 1 de enero de 1863, tomó la pluma, la sostuvo por un momento y luego la soltó. Ante el cuestionamiento de los presentes, dijo: «Si paso a la historia, será por haber firmado este documento, así que si mi mano tiembla mientras firmo, algunos dirán: "él titubeó". Acto seguido, tomó de nuevo la pluma y lenta, pero firmemente puso su nombre sobre el documento.Aunque me gustaría poder decir que yo nunca he titubeado, la realidad es que todos, en algún momento, hemos vacilado. La duda es uno de los peores enemigos que enfrentamos a lo largo de nuestra vida. Por ende, cultivar la determinación se presenta como una de las metas más valiosas que podemos establecernos en el día de hoy.La determinación fue decisiva para que el presidente Lincoln pusiera fin a la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos. La determinación de Daniel y sus amigos les permitió mantener la fidelidad en Babilonia. La determinación motivó a José a huir de la esposa de Potifar. Y fue la determinación lo que le permitió a Cristo Jesús enfrentar la cruz sin titubear para garantizar la salvación de la humanidad (ver Hebreos 12:2).Quizás no tengas en tus manos una pluma como la de Lincoln en este momento, pero sí posees un nuevo día. ¿Qué escribirás en él? No dejes que la duda sea un obstáculo; toma las riendas de tu vida hoy y enfréntala con determinación. Este podría ser el día en el que comiences el viaje que te llevará a dejar tu huella en la historia.
Bom dia! Vamos para mais uma #MensagemDoDiaA Escritura de hoje está em Gênesis 39:3–4 (NVI) "Quando este viu que o Senhor estava com ele e que o fazia prosperar em tudo o que realizava, agradou-se de José e tornou-o administrador de seus bens. Potifar deixou a seu cuidado tudo o que tinha."Seja como JoséApós ser vendido como escravo por seus irmãos, José passou a trabalhar para um oficial de alta patente no Egito, administrando sua casa. Ele poderia ter se amargurado e vivido ofendido, mas escolheu entregar tudo nas mãos de Deus. Não reclamou, não se fez de vítima e não relaxou no seu trabalho. Ele continuou dando o seu melhor.Mas então veio mais uma injustiça: a esposa de Potifar o acusou falsamente, e José foi lançado na prisão por anos. Ele passou de rejeitado pelos irmãos a escravo, e depois a prisioneiro sem reputação. Mesmo assim, confiou que Deus era seu justificador e continuou fazendo o que era certo, mesmo na prisão. E o dia chegou! Ele impressionou o faraó e foi colocado como governador de todo o Egito.Assim como José, talvez você esteja enfrentando um tempo de desrespeito e injustiça, com pessoas tentando manchar sua reputação. Mas Deus vê sua fidelidade. Ele vê que você não está guardando rancor nem se deixando levar pela amargura.O faraó está chegando! As pessoas certas aparecerão. A sua justificação está a caminho. E acontecerá de repente! De um momento para o outro, você verá a restauração, a promoção, a honra e a influência que Deus preparou para você.Vamos fazer uma oração"Pai, obrigado pela Tua presença e favor na minha vida, que nenhuma situação ou pessoa pode tirar. Obrigado porque a minha reputação e o respeito que recebo estão em Tuas mãos. Eu creio que Tu és sempre o meu justificador, e o meu papel é continuar fazendo o que é certo. Em Nome de Jesus, Amém."
Fines of Favoritism - Incorporating DisenfranchisementWebsite: http://www.battle4freedom.com/Network: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/Battle4Freedomhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%202%3A8-9&version=CJBJames 2:8-9If you truly attain the goal of Kingdom Torah, in conformity with the passage that says, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, your actions constitute sin, since you are convicted under the Torah as transgressors.Genesis 37:1 Ya`akov continued living in the land where his father had lived as a foreigner, the land of Kena`an.Genesis 37:2 Here is the history of Ya`akov. When Yosef was seventeen years old he used to pasture the flock with his brothers, even though he was still a boy. Once when he was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father`s wives, he brought a bad report about them to their father. 3 Now Isra`el loved Yosef the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn`t even talk with him in a civil manner.Genesis 37:5 Yosef had a dream which he told his brothers, and that made them hate him all the more. 6 He said to them, "Listen while I tell you about this dream of mine. 7 We were tying up bundles of wheat in the field when suddenly my bundle got up by itself and stood upright; then your bundles came, gathered around mine and prostrated themselves before it." 8 His brothers retorted, "Yes, you will certainly be our king. You`ll do a great job of bossing us around!" And they hated him still more for his dreams and for what he said.Genesis 37:9 He had another dream which he told his brothers: "Here, I had another dream, and there were the sun, the moon and eleven stars prostrating themselves before me." 10 He told his father too, as well as his brothers, but his father rebuked him: "What is this dream you have had? Do you really expect me, your mother and your brothers to come and prostrate ourselves before you on the ground?" 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.Genesis 37:12 After this, when his brothers had gone to pasture their father`s sheep in Sh`khem, 13 Isra`el asked Yosef, "Aren`t your brothers pasturing the sheep in Sh`khem? Come, I will send you to them." He answered, "Here I am." 14 He said to him, "Go now, see whether things are going well with your brothers and with the sheep, and bring word back to me." So he sent him away from the Hevron Valley, and he went to Sh`khem, 15 where a man found him wandering around in the countryside. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?" 16 "I`m looking for my brothers," he answered. "Tell me, please, where are they pasturing the sheep?" 17 The man said, "They`ve left here; because I heard them say, `Let`s go to Dotan.`" Yosef went after his brothers and found them in Dotan.Genesis 37:18 They spotted him in the distance, and before he had arrived where they were, they had already plotted to kill him. 19 They said to each other, "Look, this dreamer is coming! 20 So come now, let`s kill him and throw him into one of these water cisterns here. Then we`ll say some wild animal devoured him. We`ll see then what becomes of his dreams!" 21 But when Re`uven heard this, he saved him from being destroyed by them. He said, "We shouldn`t take his life. 22 Don`t shed blood," Re`uven added. "Throw him into this cistern here in the wilds, but don`t lay hands on him yourselves." He intended to rescue him from them later and restore him to his father.Genesis 37:23 So it was that when Yosef arrived to be with his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the long-sleeved robe he was wearing, 24 and took him and threw him into the cistern (the cistern was empty; without any water in it). 25 Then they sat down to eat their meal; but as they looked up, they saw in front of them a caravan of Yishma`elim coming from Gil`ad, their camels loaded with aromatic gum, healing resin and opium, on their way down to Egypt. 26 Y`hudah said to his brothers, "What advantage is it to us if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let`s sell him to the Yishma`elim, instead of putting him to death with our own hands. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers paid attention to him. 28 So when the Midyanim, merchants, passed by, they drew and lifted Yosef up out of the cistern and sold him for half a pound of silver shekels to the Yishma`elim, who took Yosef on to Egypt.Genesis 37:29 Re`uven returned to the cistern, and, upon seeing that Yosef wasn`t in it, tore his clothes in mourning. 30 He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy isn`t there! Where can I go now?"Genesis 37:31 They took Yosef`s robe, killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 Then they sent the long-sleeved robe and brought it to their father, saying, "We found this. Do you know if it`s your son`s robe or not?" 33 He recognized it and cried, "It`s my son`s robe! Some wild animal has torn Yosef in pieces and eaten him!" 34 Ya`akov tore his clothes and, putting sackcloth around his waist, mourned his son for many days. 35 Though all his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, he refused all consolation, saying, "No, I will go down to the grave, to my son, mourning." And his father wept for him.Genesis 37:36 In Egypt the Midyanim sold Yosef to Potifar, one of Pharaoh`s officials, a captain of the guard.Credits:https://unsplash.com/@sharonmccutcheon - moneyhttps://www.pexels.com/@gerhard-14620241/ - lightning storm
¿Dónde está Dios en nuestros problemas?Dios está con su pueblo cuando el trabajo se siente como una esclavitud (1-6)Dios está con su pueblo cuando es acosado por la tentación sexual (6-12)Dios está con su pueblo cuando es encarcelado injustamente (13-23)En Cristo, Dios está con su pueblo en lugares difíciles llevando a cabo sus propósitos amorosos (v. 21)
Parashat Beshalah tells the famous story of Keri'at Yam Suf – the miraculous splitting of the sea. The Egyptians pursued Beneh Yisrael after they left Egypt, trapping them against the sea. G-d had the waters of the sea split, forming two walls on either side of the sea floor, allowing Beneh Yisrael to safely cross. When the Egyptians then ran after them into the sea, the water fell onto them, drowning the Egyptian warriors, their horsemen and their chariots. We find in the Midrash an astounding statement that underscores the centrality of this miracle in Jewish life. The Midrash teaches that the Jewish People are known as "Ibrim" ("Hebrews") to allude to the fact that "Abar Yam" – our nation "crossed the sea." This event is not simply something that our ancestors experienced, an extraordinary chapter in our history, but part of the very definition of our nation. Why? The answer can be understood in light of an insight by the Maharal of Prague (Rav Yehuda Loew, 1512-1609) regarding the name of Moshe Rabbenu. The Rabbis teach that Moshe had seven different names, each of which alludes to a different element of his character or his role as our leader and prophet. The name that we commonly use, of course, is "Moshe" – the name given to him by Pharaoh's daughter, commemorating that "Min Ha'mayim Mishitihu" – she "drew him from the water" (Shemot 2:10). The Maharal raises the question of why this name was chosen as the name with which we refer to Moshe. Of all of Moshe's names, why is this considered the most significant? The Maharal answers by examining the symbolism of water. Unlike solids, he notes, water has no independent shape. It flows naturally, assuming the shape of whichever receptacle is holding it at the present moment. We human beings, the Maharal writes, are expected to be the polar opposite of water. We are not to "go with the flow," blindly and randomly following our natural instincts and impulses. Instead, we are to consciously create a "shape" and "form" to our lives. We are to exercise discipline and self-restraint, molding for ourselves a life of meaning and purposefulness in the service of Hashem. Fittingly, the Mahara explains, Moshe Rabbenu – the greatest human being who ever lived – is named "Moshe," which means "drawn from the water." Moshe embodied the notion of going out of the water, creating a life of spirituality rather than "flowing" naturally like animals, which follow their instincts without exercising any restraint. This is also the symbolism of the miracle of Keri'at Yam Suf. The waters of the sea suddenly went against their natural flow, forming two walls on either side of Beneh Yisrael. This was not just a miracle performed for the purpose of rescuing Beneh Yisrael – it was also a timeless lesson about how we are expected to live our lives. We are to follow the example of the waters of the Yam Suf – creating a proper "shape" of our lives, lives of spiritual meaning, rather than just flowing naturally. This also explains the famous comment of the Midrash that the sea split when it saw Yosef's coffin, which Moshe brought with him out of Egypt. Yosef embodies the value of discipline and self-restraint, having resisted the advances of Potifar's wife as a seventeen-year-old slave in Egypt. He went against his natural instincts and impulses for the sake of spirituality. Rather than "go with the flow," following his instincts and impulses, he created for his life a "shape" of spiritual greatness. We are called "Ibrim" because "Abar Yam" – we have been shown the importance of living with discipline and self-restraint, conscientiously, following our religious principles and values rather than allow ourselves to be led and guided by our natural instincts and drives.
he Torah in Parashat Vayechi tells us of the special blessings that Yaakob Abinu pronounced to each of his sons just before his passing. In his blessing to Yosef, Yaakob declared, "Me'Kel Avicha Ve'yazreka" – literally, "From the G-d of your father, and He shall help you" (49:25). Rav Moshe Alshich (Safed, 1508-1593) noted two difficulties in the text of this phrase. First, instead of blessing Yosef simply that "the G-d of your father" should assist him, Yaakob said, "Me'Kel Avicha" – "FROM" the G-d of Yosef's father should help him. Secondly, Yaakob added the letter "Vav," which means "and," before the word "Yazreka," such that he said, "and He should help you," rather than just wishing that G-d should help Yosef. To explain Yaakob's intent, Rav Moshe Alshich cites the Gemara's teaching in Masechet Sukka (52) that a person's Yeser Ha'ra (evil inclination) rises against him each and every day, in an attempt to cause him to sin, as indicated by the verse (Tehillim 37:32), "Sofeh Rasha La'sadik U'mebakesh La'hamito" – "The evil one eyes the righteous person and seeks to have him killed." The "evil one" is the Yeser Ha'ra, that endeavors to bring about the righteous person's spiritual demise by luring him to sin. The Gemara then says that if not for Hashem's help, we would be unable to withstand the challenges posed by our evil inclination. This is inferred from the next verse, which states, "Hashem Lo Ya'azbenu Be'yado, Ve'lo Yarshi'enu Be'hushafeto" – "G-d does not leave him in its hands, and He will not convict him when he is judged." Rav Moshe Alshich raises the question as to the meaning of the end of this second verse – "He will not convict him when he is judged." Why does this need to be said? If the individual refrains from sin, and does not succumb to the lures of his evil inclination, then why would we have thought that he would be "convicted"? The answer, the Alshich explains, is that since the person abstains from wrongdoing only through G-d's help, we would think that he should be held responsible as though he committed the forbidden act. As it was G-d who gave him the strength and wherewithal to resist temptation, logic seems to dictate that he should receive no credit for abstaining. The verse therefore teaches that Hashem, in His infinite love and compassion, gives us all the credit for our spiritual successes, even though they were made possible only because of His gracious assistance. Despite the fact that we depend on His help to withstand our Yeser Ha'ra, Hashem rewards us as though we did it all ourselves. Rav Moshe Alshich explains Yaakob's blessing to Yosef on this basis. He writes that Yaakob was referring to the test that Yosef withstood – the test posed by Potifar's wife, who tried luring him to have an inappropriate relationship. The Gemara (Sota 36b) tells that Yosef nearly succumbed to her advances, but then his father, Yaakob, appeared to him and implored him to abstain. It thus emerges that Yosef refrained from sin only thanks to Yaakob's assistance. Rav Moshe Alshich explains that this is the meaning of the phrase, "Me'Kel Avicha" – that Yosef's success in resisting temptation came "from" Yaakob, who intervened to rescue him. Yaakob then added, "Ve'yazreka" – that G-d would nevertheless continue granting Yosef assistance. Yosef would not be punished, and would not be denied Hashem's love and grace, despite the fact that he needed his father's help to refrain from wrongdoing. Whenever we confront any sort of spiritual challenge, we must remember that religious life is fraught with such challenges, that we are supposed to confront these tests, and that Hashem is always helping us. Moreover, we must remember that Hashem values and cherishes the efforts we make to overcome these challenges and do the right thing. He is there to help us – but this does not in any way diminish from the greatness of the work we put in to stay on course and refrain from improper behavior.
Plot twist Joseph marries Potifar's daughter? And more...
This episode dives into the tension between intentions and actions through the contrasting stories of Tamar and Eshes Potiphar from the Torah. We explore how sincere intentions can lead to diverging paths—one resulting in moral integrity and legacy, and the other marred by unethical choices.• The contrasting journeys of Tamar and Joseph illustrate the importance of intentions paired with moral actions • Eshes Potiphar's misguided pursuits highlight the consequences of allowing desires to overshadow righteousness • The episode discusses the significance of self-reflection to ensure one's actions align with genuine intentions • Key takeaways encourage listeners to consistently evaluate their paths to maintain ethical integrity in their pursuitsSupport the showJoin The Motivation Congregation WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content!Elevate your impact by becoming a TMC Emerald Donor! Your much-needed backing is crucial for our mission of disseminating the wisdom of the Torah. Join today for just $18.00 per month. (Use your maaser money!) https://buy.stripe.com/00g8xl5IT8dFcKc5ky------------------Check out our other Torah Podcasts and content! SUBSCRIBE to The Motivation Congregation Podcast for daily motivational Mussar! Listen on Spotify or 24six! Find all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our website, themotivationcongregation.org Questions or Comments? Please email me @ michaelbrooke97@gmail.com
When Yosef was sold to the House of Potifar, he was blessed with tremendous Siyata Dishmaya, and eventually place in charge of the home. The Torah says Potifar saw Hashem was with Yosef and was impressed by that. How does an Oved Avodah Zarah like Potifar get impressed by Yosef's connection to Hashem? Have a good Shabbos
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Ellya Makarawung - Kejadian 39:1-2 (TB) Adapun Yusuf telah dibawa ke Mesir; dan Potifar, seorang Mesir, pegawai istana Firaun, kepala pengawal raja, membeli dia dari tangan orang Ismael yang telah membawa dia ke situ.
Dal rifiuto di essere uno schiavo sessuale a un'accusa ingiusta. Da tutto questo che cosa può nascere se non indicibile sofferenza. Invece, in questo caso...
e read in Parashat Matot of the war that G-d commanded Beneh Yisrael to wage against the nation of Midyan to avenge the tragedy of Ba'al Pe'or. Midyan, together Moav, conspired to lure Beneh Yisrael to sins of immorality and idol-worship. The scheme, unfortunately, succeeded, and G-d punished Beneh Yisrael by sending a plague that killed 24,000 members of the nation. Hashem instructed Beneh Yisrael to wage war against Midyan in order to take revenge. The Torah relates that this battle was led by Pinhas, the son of the Kohen Gadol, Elazar (31:6). Rashi gives two reasons for why specifically Pinhas was chosen to lead the war. First, he was the one who saved Beneh Yisrael from annihilation during the calamity of Ba'al Pe'or, by killing a man and woman who committed a public sinful act. Once Pinhas avenged G-d's honor, G-d ended the plague. Rashi writes that since Pinhas began the Misva by killing these two violators, he was chosen to complete the Misva by leading the war against Midyan. But then Rashi adds a second explanation. He writes that Pinhas led the war against Midyan to avenge that nation's role in the sale of his ancestor, Yosef, as a slave. Pinhas' mother was a descendant of Yosef, and merchants from Midyan were the ones who, after purchasing Yosef from his brothers, brought him to Egypt and sold him to Potifar, an Egyptian nobleman. It was thus appropriate for Yosef's descendant, Pinhas, to lead Beneh Yisrael's war against the people of Midyan. Rashi's comments seem puzzling. Why should Midyan be blamed for Mechirat Yosef (the sale of Yosef as a slave)? It was Yosef's brothers who turned on him; the Midyanim simply accepted the offer and paid for Yosef, after which they sold him for a profit. Why did their role in Mechirat Yosef need to be avenged? Yosef excelled particularly in the area of Kedusha, maintaining his sanctity and purity even in the face of overwhelming temptation. As a teenager, he was lured to sin by Potifar's wife, and he resisted. The Midyanim, it appeared, had sinister intentions when they brought Yosef to Egypt, a society which at that time was steeped in decadence and immorality. They wanted to ruin Yosef by compromising his Kedusha, by putting him in a place where – they incorrectly assumed – he would be unable to withstand temptation and would be lured to sin. This is precisely what Midyan did several generations later, at Ba'al Pe'or. They tried destroying Beneh Yisrael by luring them to immorality, which would undermine their spirituality. Appropriately, then, Pinhas – a descendant of Yosef – led the war against Midyan, because this war avenged Midyan's devious scheme both at Ba'al Pe'or and with Mechirat Yosef. Our nation's struggle against Midyan continues to this very day, with greater intensity than ever. Contemporary society champions values that directly oppose the Torah's values of Kedusha and purity, and we are exposed at all times to lures that threaten to divest us of our sanctity. Hashem commanded Beneh Yisrael to wage war against Midyan – because we need to proactively reject and oppose the efforts made to undermine our Kedusha. We must continue waging this vitally important battle that began with Yosef and then proceeded with Pinhas, and work to oppose the sinful influences and lures that we face on a daily basis.
Lissen here folks. We've rustled ourselves up a new episode of Justice! He's headed down to Texas where some folks are hasslin' some feller with wind powers! Also, a backup story with Potifar of the Medusa Web.
Leitura bíblica do dia: Gênesis 39:11-23 Plano de leitura anual: Jó 14-16; Atos 9:22-43; Já fez seu devocional hoje? Aproveite e marque um amigo para fazer junto com você! Confira: Por duas vezes, no verão sofri com uma hera venenosa. Em ambas as vezes que isso aconteceu, eu estava limpando o crescimento indesejado de algumas plantas do nosso quintal. E nas duas ocasiões, vi o inimigo desagradável, de três folhas à espreita nas proximidades. Pensei que podia chegar perto dele sem que isso me afetasse. Logo percebi que tinha me enganado. Em vez de me aproximar mais do meu pequeno rival ou nêmesis verde, devia ter fugido para o outro lado! Na história de José no Antigo Testamento, vemos em ação a prática do princípio de fugir de algo pior do que uma hera venenosa: o pecado. Quando José vivia na casa de Potifar, o oficial egípcio, cuja mulher tentou seduzi-lo, ele não tentou aproximar-se, ao contrário: ele correu! Embora essa mulher o tenha acusado falsamente e o lançado à prisão, José permaneceu puro durante todo o episódio. E vemos que “O Senhor estava com ele” (Gênesis 39:21). Deus pode nos ajudar a fugir de atividades e situações que poderiam nos levar para longe dele, orientando-nos a seguir em outra direção quando o pecado está próximo. Paulo escreve: “Fuja de tudo que estimule as paixões da juventude” (2 Timóteo 2:22) e “Fujam da imoralidade sexual” (1 Coríntios 6:18). Na força de Deus, que possamos escolher fugir das coisas que podem nos prejudicar. Por: Dave Branon
Série em Gênesis | 75 - José na casa de Potifar (Gn 39.1-23) | Augustus Nicodemus --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nonato-souto/support
====================================================SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1=======================================================================DECIDETE HOYDevoción Matutina para Jóvenes 2024Narrado por: Daniel RamosDesde: Connecticut, Estados Unidos===================|| www.drministries.org ||===================02 DE FEBREROCUANDO DIOS GUARDA SILENCIO«Esa noche Dios le habló a Israel en una visión: "¡Jacob! ¡Jacob! [...] No tengas temor de ir a Egipto, porque allí haré de ti una gran nación"» (Génesis 46: 2-4, NVI). «Encontramos esto. Fíjate bien si es o no la túnica de tu hijo» (Génesis 37: 32), fueron las palabras cuidadosamente escogidas por los hermanos de José para hacer creer a su padre que José había sido devorado por algún animal salvaje. Desde ese aciago día el corazón de este hombre se mantuvo llorando por la muerte de su hijo por más de veinte años. Si consideramos que Jacob mantenía una estrecha relación con Dios, podemos suponer que en numerosas ocasiones le había derramado su alma atribulada, mientras lloraba por la pérdida de su hijo. Sin embargo, en ningún momento el Señor le reveló que José estaba con vida en Egipto. ¡Dios guardó silencio por más de veinte años! Y, a pesar de esto, estuvo al control de los acontecimientos en la vida de José.Fue Dios quien impidió que sus hermanos mataran a José. Fue Dios quien prosperó el trabajo que José hacía en la casa de Potifar. Fue Dios quien le dio las fuerzas para resistir las constantes insinuaciones de la esposa de su amo egipcio y quien permitió que Potifar lo enviara a la cárcel, en vez de decapitarlo. Dios le hizo ganar la confianza del carcelero, e hizo arreglos para que el copero y el panadero fueran sus compañeros de prisión. Permitió que el sueño del copero se cumpliera y, finalmente, lo sacó de la cárcel al palacio. Pero si Dios estuvo al tanto todo ese tiempo, ¿por qué guardó silencio sobre la condición de José? Para evitar que Jacob estropeara su plan en la vida de José. Por eso, solo en el momento indicado, dijo al patriarca: «No tengas temor de ir a Egipto, porque allí haré de ti una gran nación. [...] Además, cuando mueras, será José quien te cierre los ojos» (Génesis 46: 2-4, NVI). Hoy al igual que con José Dios tiene planes para ti y, aunque a veces parezca guardar silencio, siempre está presente. Hoy es un buen día para reconocer la mano de Dios en las pequeñas providencias de la vida y confiar en su amoroso cuidado.
Rashi says that the wife of Potifar seduced Yosef for the sake of Heaven. This episode analyzes this incident and provides a new perspective on the wife of Potifar.
Luego de ser comprado en Egipto, José es tentado por la esposa de Potifar quien era su amo y quien le había dado autoridad sobre toda su casa. José es echado a la cárcel y allí interpreta sueños, que lo llevarían mas adelante al Faraón.Síguenos y descarga la guía de estudio en nuestra cuenta de Instagram @porsugraciaestudios
Palabra de Dios: “ Aconteció después de esto, que la mujer de su amo puso sus ojos en José, y dijo: Duerme conmigo. Y él no quiso, y dijo a la mujer de su amo: He aquí que mi señor no se preocupa conmigo de lo que hay en casa, y ha puesto en mi mano todo lo que tiene. No hay otro mayor que yo en esta casa, y ninguna cosa me ha reservado sino a ti, por cuanto tú eres su mujer; ¿cómo, pues, haría yo este grande mal, y pecaría contra Dios? Hablando ella a José cada día, y no escuchándola él para acostarse al lado de ella, para estar con ella, aconteció que entró él un día en casa para hacer su oficio, y no había nadie de los de casa allí. Y ella lo asió por su ropa, diciendo: Duerme conmigo. Entonces él dejó su ropa en las manos de ella, y huyó y salió.” Génesis 39:7-12 Perlas: Los deseos de la carne y los deseos de los ojos, el desafío de los placeres del mundo, de lo prohibido. José estaba siendo tentado día a día a tomar para sí lo único que no le había sido entregado, lo único que era prohibido. Su amo, Potifar, le había confiado todo lo que tenía. La gracia y el favor de Dios estaban sobre José, y todo lo que hacía prosperaba. El enemigo y el mundo, representados en la mujer de Potifar, le desafiaron a olvidarse de la benevolencia de su amo, y del Dios que lo había llevado hasta donde había llegado, desechar todo por un momento de placer. La respuesta de José es muy impactante. Su respuesta está registrada en la Palabra de Dios para ejemplo nuestro. José evidentemente amaba a Dios por encima de todo y de todos, era cercano al corazón de Dios, y era un hombre fiel. La respuesta de José para la mujer de Potifar fue simplemente NO por muchos días; pero ese último día cuando ella se propuso prácticamente forzarlo a aceptar su desafío y caer en satisfacer los caprichos de ella, ese día la respuesta de José fue más que simplemente NO. Primero le habló del respeto a su amo, pero por encima de todo, José enfatizó su respuesta diciendo que “¿cómo él iba a hacer tan grande mal y pecar contra Dios?” Quedó demarcado eternamente en la Palabra, que la fidelidad de José era primordialmente hacia Dios. Por causa de que le era fiel al Dios, le era fiel a su amo. ¡Esto fue lo que le dio las fuerzas para dar el siguiente paso! HUIR. Huir es muchas veces la única manera de responder ante la tentación, si queremos permanecer fieles a Dios. No podemos quedarnos a “jugar con candela” porque “el que juega con candela, se quema”. Aquí José nos deja su ejemplo de vida; él no se quedó batallando con la mujer de Potifar. José huyó a pesar de saber las consecuencias, y que por supuesto no le creerían a él, perdió su trabajo, su posición y su libertad. Pero la historia no termina allí…porque más, infinitamente más fiel que José era Dios mismo. Y la bendición que vino sobre José fue mil veces mayor que la que había recibido hasta ese momento. Los desafíos son pruebas que nos preparan, nos forman y nos maduran espiritualmente para estar listos para mayores desafíos y mayores bendiciones que vendrán. Una oración que aprendí en tiempos de guerra, y que hasta el día de hoy la hago por mí, por mi esposo y por mis hijas, es: Señor, danos la obediencia y la fidelidad que le diste a José. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/canaan-usa-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/canaan-usa-podcast/support
If we would be able to see what we accomplish by doing mitzvot, we would run after them with such excitement and everything in this world would pale in comparison to them. When the Jewish People were preparing to leave Mitzrayim, they were told to go and gather all the wealth of Egypt. At that time, Moshe Rabbenu chose to go and find the aron of Yosef instead, and for that Chazal applied the pasuk חכם לב יקח מצוות to him. While everyone was becoming billionaires, Moshe went to do one mitzvah and he was called the wisest of all of them for that endeavor. Besides for the fact that his reward was eternal while their wealth would only last here in this world, seven days later at Yam Suf, the entire nation was in jeopardy of being killed out by the Mitzrim . When the Sea saw the aron of Yosef, it split and the entire nation was saved. Moshe Rabbenu was thus credited with saving the entire Klal Yisrael because of his pursuit of that one mitzvah. Why did the Sea split for Yosef? Because years before when he was being tested with the wife of Potifar, he ran away from temptation and so now the water was running away from his aron to save the entire Klal Yisrael . Imagine if during that difficult test Yosef would have known that he was going to be the cause of millions of people to be saved, he would have ran away with ease, it wouldn't have even been a test. However, Hashem does not allow a person to see the wondrous effects of what his deeds are going to accomplish, in order for his free will to remain balanced. But we must know that if we did have the eyes to see what was happening when we do mitzvot, we would be so excited to perform every single one of them. I read a story about a man who asked the gabai in his shul to reserve Aliyat Maftir and chazan for Mussaf on one of the upcoming Shabbatot , since that was the week of his mother's yahrtzeit . This man was a very organized person and always made sure to plan things a long time in advance. He was a long time member of that shul and one of its supporters and the gabai told him both of those honors were open and he made a note to reserve them for him. When that Shabbat arrived, the man came into shul filled with anticipation, but there he noticed that a stranger had joined the minyan that day and was in deep conversation with the gabai . The man was curious to hear what the debate was about and, to his shock, he found out that this stranger had asked for Maftir and chazan for Mussaf because he also had a yahrtzeit . Here he was a long time member and supporter of the shul and he asked for these from weeks in advance and now some stranger just strolls in out of the blue and thinks he can take those honors? But then, a small voice whispered inside of him, maybe he should give in? Who knows what merits help the neshama the most. Maybe giving up what was his for someone else would accomplish even more. And so, with great strength, he went over to the gabai and told him to give those honors to the other man. He would take a different aliyah and be chazan for Shacharit on the actual yahrtzeit instead. The gabai said, “ Chas v'shalom , there is a system here, these are yours.” The man reassured the gabai that he was actually happy to do this. And when the gabai saw he was serious, he went over and gave them to the other man. Rabbi Aharon Toisig, a prominent Rav from Bnei Brak, was present in the shul when this episode took place and he related what happened the next day. The congregant came into shul and said his mother came to him in a dream and said to him, “My son, I was given special permission to descend to this world to thank you. The elevation that I experienced when you gave up the Maftir and Mussaf was greater than any other I had ever experienced. I remember well the elevation I merited in past years when you got Aliyat Maftir and was chazan for Mussaf , but those did not come close to what I merited this year when you mustered up the fortitude to give up the honors that were rightfully yours for the sake of peace and to help someone else.” This is just one small example of the great effects of our deeds. The harder they are to perform, the greater they become. We should always run to do mitzvot with the utmost excitement.
A man said he has done a certain segula in the hope that he would be married within a year. However, the year has passed, and he is still in the same position. He feels let down and is in need of chizuk . This sentiment is shared by many others who have had the same types of letdowns. A woman once told me she took upon herself to be careful in the area of modesty in the hope that she would have righteous children. However, when she did not see her children acting in the way she hoped, in her words, she became disenchanted with tziniut . What chizuk can we give people in situations where they have followed the advice of our Rabbis and grown spiritually in the hope of being granted something they need, but have not gotten what they have expected? The Mishnah says in Pirkeh Avot , שכר מצוה מצוה – the reward for doing a mitzvah is that Hashem will give the person an opportunity to do another mitzvah. Although we love to see immediate benefits from our actions, Hashem wants us to have the ultimate benefit, eternal bliss. There is nothing in this world that could compare to the pleasure we will receive in the Next World for our mitzvot. The greatest gift that Hashem could give a person is something that is going to make him happy for eternity, not just for the moment. Being that in many instances, we do see side benefits in this world for our performance of mitzvot, when those side benefits do not come about, it presents us with a wondrous opportunity to earn infinite rewards for our avodat Hashem. This is because it is then that we can display our emunah and tell Hashem, we know You are appreciating what we are doing, we know You are trustworthy to reward us the way You know is best, so we are going to continue growing and continue to serve You to the best of our ability. If someone has taken something upon himself as a zechut and he didn't see the side benefit he was expecting, if he would continue doing that avodat Hashem, every moment of it would become infinitely greater. That itself may very well be the immediate reward that Hashem is giving him, the opportunity to soar to the greatest heights. Yosef HaTzaddik was presented with one of the most difficult tests in all of history. With superhuman strength, he overcame that test. We can only imagine Yosef's tefilot every day, stuck in Mitzrayim as a slave to Potifar, he must have been begging Hashem to go back home and be reunited with his father, where he could once again be surrounded by kedusha . He must have thought that in the zechut of overcoming that enormous test, Hashem would bring him out of Egypt. But instead, he was thrown into a prison for 12 years. Yosef could have easily said, “That's what I get for being a tzaddik ? Why should I continue?” Yet, the Toldot Adam in parashat Vayeshev writes that the pasuk testified, Yosef maintained all of his levels of righteousness throughout the entire time he was in prison, as it says, ויהי שם בבית הסוהר – and the word שם means the same as he was before. This opportunity for Yosef to remain righteous despite that letdown, is precisely what made him into the great tzaddik that he became. That episode of being thrown into prison was part of the reward that Yosef received for his tzidkut , being given the chance to become Yosef HaTzaddik that we are still learning from today. A man told that he went to the Kotel for 40 consecutive days to pray for a shidduch . When the 40 days were up, he waited with anticipation of his long-awaited salvation, but nothing came. However, rather than turn the other way, he decided to double his efforts. He went to pray by the Kotel for the next 80 consecutive days. Some time after that, he did get engaged. But that was not his ultimate reward. The fact that he got that opportunity to show his emunah in Hashem(when the salvation didn't come) and used it to pray even harder for a longer period of time was his greatest gain, and it is going to last him for all eternity. We love to see the benefits in this world as well, and we hope that we will see them, but in the meantime, if the efforts we have been putting forth did not yet produce the results we were hoping for, we should utilize the time to earn the ultimate reward, serving Hashem with steadfast emunah.
Join George and Elle as they explore the text of Genesis Chapter 39: Yoseyf's servitude to Potifar, and the temptation of Potifar's wife. (Alternate Titles: The Bread That He Ate, Hot Like His Mama, Who is Your Adonai?)
José tiene dos opciones al encontrarse en casa de Potifar; Se echa a morir en su pena o disfruta de su desierto desempeñándose como el mejor en su clase.
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