Coram Deo

Coram Deo

Coram Deo...before the face of God

by RC Sproul
Coram Deo... refers to something that takes place in the presence of, or before the face of, God. It captures the essence of the Christian Life...

To live in the presence of God is to understand that whatever we are doing and wherever we are doing it, we are acting under the gaze of God. God is omnipresent an omnipotent. There is no place so remote that we can escape His penetrating gaze. To be aware of the presence of God is also to be acutely aware of His sovereignty.

The uniform experience of the saints is to recognize that if God is God, then He is indeed sovereign. When Saul was confronted by the refulgent glory of the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, his immediate question was, "Who is it, Lord?" He wasn't sure who was speaking to him, but he knew that whomever it was, was certainly sovereign over him.

To strive each day to live all of life "coram Deo" is to live a life of integrity. It is a life of wholeness that finds its unity and coherency in the supremacy of God. A fragmented life is a life of disintegration. It is marked by inconsistency, disharmony, confusion, conflict, contradiction, and chaos...

This means that if a person strives to fulfill his or her vocation as a contractor, carpenter, steelmaker, manager, secretary, doctor, attorney, or homemaker "coram Deo", then that person is serving as each person was designed for by their Creator. It means that David was as faithful when he obeyed God's call to be a shepherd as he was when he was anointed with the special grace of kingship. It means that Jesus was every bit as faithful when He worked in His father's carpenter shop as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane...

Integrity is found where men and women live their lives in a pattern of consistency. It is a life that is open before God. It is a life lived by principle, not expediency; by humility before God, not defiance. It is a life lived under the tutelage of conscience that is held captive by the Word of God...
"And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
--Colossians 3:17

...But a Christian is to pursue his lawful calling with an eye to the providence of God, and with submission to his wisdom. Thus, so far as he acts in the exercise of faith, he cannot be disappointed. He casts his care upon his Heavenly Father, who has promised to take care of him. What God gives, he receives with thankfulness, and is careful as a faithful steward to improve it for the furtherance of the cause of God, and the good of mankind. And if he meets with losses and crosses, he is not disconcerted, knowing that all his concerns are under a Divine direction; that the Lord whom he serves, chooses for him better than he could choose for himself; and that his best treasure is safe, out of the reach of the various changes to which all things in the present state are liable. 
--Excerpt, The Letters of John Newton

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not us"
--2 Corinthians 4:7

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