Live Before the Face of God - 2 - Monday February 01, 2016
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14
God is bigger than our choices, and He can use the good, the bad, and the ugly in our lives to accomplish His sovereign purposes in and through us. But the moral choices we make today help determine the course of our tomorrow.
Joseph was just one young guy, and yet he changed his world. He made many choices in his life. Not all of them were good, but let's look at a really good choice he made. Joseph chose to live "coram Deo." RC Sproul said this: "To live coram Deo is to live one's entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God."
Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery to the Midianites, and he became a slave in Potiphar's house. He took over the household chores, was falsely accused, and then he went into prison. This was 13 years of his life. He experienced trouble!
Here's the perspective he had after he went through it. He said, "God has made me forget all my troubles" (Genesis 41:51 NLT). In Genesis 42:18 Joseph says, "I am a God-fearing man" (NLT). He's a man who lived in the presence of God, before the face of God, as a God-fearing man. This was a choice he made. He could've been in prison with self-pity. He could've just moped for the rest of his life, but instead he chose to make the most of his life while in the worst of circumstances. He did it because he lived "coram Deo" – He lived before the face of God.
Today's verse is about living "coram Deo." Let's make this verse our prayer and live that way every single day.
Submitted by:
Doug Brown
Faithwalkers East 2014
Joseph: Heroism in the Moral Choices,
One-Year Reading Plan:
Exodus 13:17-15:18
Matthew 21:23-46
Psalms 26:1-12
Proverbs 6:16-19
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