Covetousness
A meditation on Colossians 3 "Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming." -Verses 5 and 6 I want to focus specifically on covetousness because God has been teaching me a lot about contentment lately. At the root of covetousness (which is idolatry), we see: Distrust in God's power to provide Discounting the Word and approval of God A failure to see God as ALL-satisfying In a state of discontentment, covetousness and lack of faith will feed each other. Wanting something is not inherently bad, but when a want becomes a need, we have a choice to make. We can ask God in prayer (If I truly need something, we will meet that need is His timing) OR we can distrust God and have a lack of faith. This leads to covetousness, thanklessness, and more sin Covetousness looks through the narrow lens of my ability to provide and tend...