What is Covetousness? (TMF:2773)
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Peace to Live By: What is Covetousness? (TMF:2773) - Daniel Litton
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Number five: Covetousness. This is the desire of wanting more. The feeling of being never satisfied with what one obtains. A lack of contentment. And, it can mean obtaining more of which we have no right to obtain (i.e. adultery). We need no reminder that this is a big issue for us, as American Christians, and may be the most tempting thing for us on this list. To read the whole part of the verse, Paul stated, “covetousness, which is idolatry.” What this means, in Paul bringing up idolatry, is that when we focus on obtaining more, and we make that our mindset, that means we are too focused on this life. It means we care more about this life than we do about God, and the things of God, like gaining knowledge or even helping others. So, our mindset, or what we have our eyes fixed upon, becomes idolatrous.