Luke 12:15 (NKJV) 15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
It’s safe to say, that if most of us were to stop and take a serious look at why we do a lot of what we do, we would find (if we’re truly honest) that much of it is due to what we saw someone else do or because of something they possess.
Now, sometimes we do buy things simply because we like them. But much of what we do is driven by covetousness, even if we don’t realize it at the time.
Covetousness can cause us to make choices and decisions that we normally wouldn’t make if we were to look at things through the eyes of common sense. But because we have been marketed to over and over again, and our brains have been trained by large corporations to think a certain way, we make most choices without thinking much about them.
But there’s another side of covetousness that we want to talk about today. It’s the side of it that can cause us to be discontent. We’re never satisfied. We always want something more, something bigger or something better. And this happens, most times, because we’ve seen what someone else has and it appealed to us.
But God warns us about this.
Deuteronomy 5:21 (NKJV) 21 ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’
Obviously, there aren’t many societies today where we would be coveting a neighbor’s donkey, but how about their car? It’s safe to say that the donkey of the days of Moses has been replaced by today’s automobiles.
And then there are houses, spouses and other things that people have or possess. None of these should be the object of our covetousness.
The more we look and the more we covet, the more discontent we can become. And as we become more discontent, we spend more time and effort pursuing things, instead of pursuing God.
Let’s put our priorities in order, seek God’s forgiveness for our coveting and discontent and put our time and effort into pursuing the Creator, rather than the creations. For He is faithful.
Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV) 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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