Wednesday December 11th, 2024
Meditate on Hebrews 13:5NKJV
« 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.” »
Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-10NKJV
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
- Covetousness is when you are so eagerly desirous of wealth or material possessions that you are willing to do anything, even committing sin, to get it.
In Colossians 3:5NLT, the Bible calls covetousness idolatry
« So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy ( covetousness ), for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world »
In other words, the covetous fellow is not a child of God, but an idol worshipper.
There are many people in the Bible who covetousness ruined.
Lot, for example, was a man who was picked up by Abraham.
He became rich because of his association with Abraham.
When his wealth grew and there was contention between his servants and those of Abraham, the issue revealed what had always been within Lot: a covetous heart. Genesis 13:10NKJV
« And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar »
Ordinarily, when Abraham asked Lot to choose first which side he wanted to go to, he should have said, “No, Uncle. You are the one who brought me along with you. You are the one who has been taking care of me all this while. You choose which side you want and I will go to the other side”.
At the end of the day, his covetousness brought him trouble because he lost all that he took to and even gained at Sodom.
He lost his wife too.
Covetousness is so terrible that it can destroy a person completely.
Check yourself to know whether you are having some inordinate ambition to be rich.
Kill that ambition now and look to God, trusting Him to make you rich in His own way.
Only the blessings of God will make you rich without adding sorrow to your life (Proverbs 10:22).
Food for thoughts – Is there any sign of covetousness in your life? If there is, pray that God would remove it in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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