FAITH CAPSULE: Sin before God does not move forward. 

Joshua 7

The covetous character is a greedy, acquisitive one with a strong desire for, especially material possessions. 
Covetous implies inordinate desire often to possess what belongs to others. 
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)  
Covetousness will stand against one from going forward in the journey of life. 
Covetousness is a sin before God.
It is a sin to deny or hinder one from moving forward in all endeavors.
Are you one with covetousness?
What is it that is hindering you consciously or unconsciously from going forward in your journey of life? 
Covetousness is also a sin to deny one from obtaining promises in the word of God.
The obedience of the Israelites to the word of God not covet gave them victories over their enemies as disobedience is the reason for 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 was before God, to deny them victory.{
Are you assuming right in the place of being wrong before God?
Are you with sin that is enough to deny your victory where victory should not be your portion?
The loss of Israelites was the result of sin before God.
Joshua before God as stated, “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 7:7) 
Joshua did not know that sin was their fall but was curious why their past situations were better than their present challenge.
Are you feeling that your past is better than your present, not knowing that sin replaced you? 
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 as God told him about the sin of Achan of covetousness. 
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?
Consistently, obediently engage the word of God that does not fail.
Know that the obedience to the word of God yesterday will not count for the disobedience of today. 
The victories of the Israelites in the past were the result of obedience, while defeats suffered later was the disobedience which denied them victory over the people of Ai.
Do not embrace covetousness and not be denied from the presence of God.

Prayer for today: Ask against covetousness in your life.