FAITH CAPSULE: Covetousness is rooted in the lack of contentment.

Joshua 7

The character of a covetous one is a greedy, acquisitive one with a strong desire for, especially material possessions. Covetous implies inordinate desire often for the possessions that belong to another.
Covetousness is rooted in the lack of contentment.
One with covetousness is in sin against the word of God, the evidence of the lack of fear for God.
The Bible records, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” (Exodus 20:17) 
Is covetousness your way of life?
Covetousness is critical to complicate the journey of life.
Consciously or unconsciously, the sin of covetousness before God can be the reason for the delay or derailment in the journey of life.  
Covetousness is a sin to deny one from obtaining promises in the word of God.
The obedience of the Israelites to the word of God was the reason for their victories over their enemies while their sin of covetousness was the cause of their loss against the people of Ai with lesser might of the military.
The Israelites assumed victory against the people of Ai, not knowing that their sin of covetousness was before God, to deny them victory.
Are you one with sin that is enough to deny your victory when victory should be answering for you?
The falling of the Israelites was the result of their sin of covetousness before God that prompted Joshua to go before God, as Joshua 7:7 records, “And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have You brought these people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!”  
Joshua did not know that the sin of covetousness was the cause of their defeat in the hand of their enemy but was curious why their past situations were better than their present challenge.
Just like Joshua, are you curious about why your past is better than your present? 
It could be that God has departed from you just as He departed from the Israelites due to their sin of covetousness.
On behalf of the Israelites, Joshua pleaded before God when God told him about the covetous sin of Achan. 
The indiscipline of Achan is in covetousness and his disobedience before God counted against all the Israelites.
Achan transgressed the command of God that was rooted in deception. (Joshua 7:10-11) 
The sin of covetousness brought the Israelites down, not able to stand before their enemies but turned their backs before their enemies. 
In your challenging battle, are you turning your back before your enemies?
Are you an acclaimed believer that answers as an overcomer in times of challenge? What is it that is overwhelming you?
Consistently, obediently engage the word of God that does not fail.

Prayer for today: Ask that your faith will not fail before God.