Proverbs 11:1
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We have a tendency in our modern, pietistic age to compartmentalize our faith. We think that what happens in the sanctuary is worship, and what happens in the marketplace is, well, just business. But the book of Proverbs, and indeed the whole counsel of God, will not let us get away with such a tidy, and ultimately idolatrous, distinction. The Scriptures teach us that all of life is lived before the face of God, coram Deo. Every transaction, every contract, every measurement, every word spoken over a deal is an act of worship. The question is not whether you are worshipping, but who or what you are worshipping. You are either worshipping the triune God of Scripture by conforming your actions to His created order, or you are worshipping a false god, usually Mammon, by conforming your actions to the crooked standards of this fallen world.