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Covetousness is wanting something that doesn't belong to you. I remember the story of King Ahab. He wanted his neighbor's vineyard. His wife Jezebel saw that he was sad so she helped him come up with a scheme to steal the vineyard. Both of these people died horrific deaths because of their covetousness and wickedness. King David coveted another man's wife. He watched her bathing and schemed how he would get her. He ended up committing adultery and then murder for his lustful ways. In the end his son would die as a direct result of his lust and murder. Wanting anything that doesn't belong to us is fruitless and destructive. Again, the sowing of covetous behaviors is going to cost us in the end. Let's remember "godliness with contentment is great gain". When we walk lead by the Holy Spirit we will walk in love, joy...peace (shalom: nothing missing, nothing broken). Matthew 6:33 tells us that if we seek FIRST the kingdom of God (righteousness, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit) all the things that the lost seek after will follow. Keeping that perspective is mandatory to walk free of covetousness. |
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