Today is Tuesday, February 5, 2019, and here is your daily devote. The 10th Commandment gets right to the heart of our chase for satisfaction. From the Garden of Eden, we've seen the human trait of wanting what we cannot have and placing hope for ultimate satisfaction in people and things. If we are honest, we see it in our own lives, too.
Covedine is not just an obsessive desire to have something, it's being convinced that we can truly delight in someone or some theme more than God and be fulfilled. Covedine is self-worship that believes fulfilling our desires will satisfy us. For example, stealing is not just robbing a bank or shoplifting in a store. There are many forms of theft, and all of them are a sin before God.
All of them come from a covetous heart. What begins as a simple desire within our hearts and minds turns into something we demand and can't live without. James chapter 4 verses 1-3 shows us the process of temptation and sin, telling us that each man is drawn by his own rebellious desires. Think about this.
What is the connection between stealing and Covedine? How is idolatry at work in the heart of the person who steals? What are some examples of stealing non-monetary items that seem commonplace today? And how should Christians respond to these things?