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9 April 2012
Covetousness like jealousy, when taken its root, never leaves a person, grows steadily and become a big one, spreading its roots and branches everywhere.
None of the area in life has left out of its hold.
Covetous: “Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; avaricious” - Webster
'And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” Luke 12:15.
"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." I Timothy 6:10.
Bible warns : "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Exodus 20:17
Materialism is a barrier to contentment.
"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." I Timothy 6:9
Greed (or insatiability) often accompanies prosperity and may lead to crime.
"What is causing the quarrels and fights among you?
Isn't it because there is a whole army of evil desires within you?
You want what you don't have, so you kill to get it.
You long for what others have, and can't afford it,
so you start a fight to take it away from them.
And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it." James 4:1-2
Wealth may give us wrong attitudes ( may incorporate anti-social elements) about material things.
"Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15
Beware of resorting to materialism.
The Wealth (blessing) God showers on you will not tag along with pain.
‘The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it..Proverbs 10:22
Think twice before doing anything out of line- inclusive of all our daily routines.
Read Philippians chapter 4--- the biblical antidote for covetousness.
Have a good day
God Bless
