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Day Two – What Does It Mean to Covet?

Coveting is ungodly and discontented desire, passion, envy, craving, greed, jealousy, obsession, longing, or lust for someone or something that is not supposed to be yours. In short, coveting is when you aren’t content with what God wants for you, and instead you want something He has not chosen for you. Consider these questions for a moment:

1. Have you ever seen a car that you deeply wished you could own and drive?
2. Have you ever seen a home that was so great that you deeply wanted to have it for yourself?
3. Is there a person whose abilities (mental, physical, spiritual, etc.) you wish you could have?
4. What things do other people have that you really want for yourself?
5. Whom would you trade lives with if you could swap your life with someone else’s?

Did answers to any of these questions readily come to mind as you read them? If so, you likely sinned against God in your heart and fell for the demonic trick of coveting.

The last of the Ten Commandments warns us against the demonic deception that enticed even the angels to align with Satan’s scheme by coveting God’s glory.

To put it in modern terms, stop looking up the square footage, sale price, and interior design of other homes; stop comparing the age, beauty, and allure of someone you are not married to with your spouse. Don’t worry about the new car and fancy vacation your friends just posted online; instead be content with what God has given you.