The parallel process of God's and Satan's plans

Gen 39:1 Now the Ishmaelites had taken Joseph to Egypt and sold him to
Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace
guard.
Gen 39:2 The LORD was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the
house of his Egyptian master,
Gen 39:3 who saw that the LORD was with Joseph and had made him successful
in everything he did.
Gen 39:4 Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant;
so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
Gen 39:5 From then on, because of Joseph the LORD blessed the household of
the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
Gen 39:6 Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph and
did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was
well-built and good-looking,
Gen 39:7 and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and
asked him to go to bed with her.

Two Paths Are Being Prepared

Two paths are being prepared for Joseph.

God is blessing Joseph, and Joseph is learning to manage a noble Egyptian
household. It could seem to Joseph as if God were busy setting the stage
for his promotion to step into his calling. He was busy building skills to
rule. Did that not reflect his dreams? Furthermore, he is put right in the
heart of where things are happening - he gets to serve the captain of the
palace guard.

At the same time, we see Potiphar's wife beginning to desire Joseph. Whilst
God is setting His stage, the devil is setting his own.

The apparent dead end was still God's Path

History plays out. Joseph resists the temptation, gets falsely accused, and
lands up in jail. Apparently, God's positioning had not paid off.

(Read the whole story here)

It turns out that the time for Joseph to be raised up, had not yet come. If
Joseph had succumbed to this sin, he would have possibly remained in the
house of the palace guard captain -- in the place that apparently was well
aligned with his destiny. By resisting the temptation, he ended up in jail.
Seemingly a step backwards. But, in jail was where he met the cupbearer who
ultimately became his link to where he really needed to go.

You Choose

It is impossible for us to know what the future holds, but we can know that
at any given moment, there are two paths before us. There is the path of
God, and there is the path of the father of lies, the path of empty
promises. The best way to keep in God's path, is to simply walk, step by
step, moment by moment, according to His Word.

There is no better way to spend your time.