Have you had your JOY JUICE today? It’s free for the taking but more valuable than any product ever sold.
Often we hear advertisements for products that sound SO good! Maybe it’s something we’d never even thought about needing or wanting, but when that advertiser makes his “pitch”, it grabs our attention and we begin to think we can’t live without it! AND if we’ll call the number on the screen in the next 10 minutes, we can get TWO of them for the low price of $19.99!
Now, I’m sure none of YOU have ever fallen for this tactic, but it is indicative of how a lot of people think. We want more, more, more. We want “stuff” that we didn’t even know existed. Especially if someone we know has it! That’s called coveting.
Our English word “covet” comes from a Greek word meaning “grasping for more.” It springs from our selfish nature. Jesus said…in Luke 12:15:"Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses".
Do you know when & where coveting first began? In the Garden of Eden! Adam and Eve had EVERYTHING they could possibly need! And yet they wanted the ONE THING they could not have! Because of our own selfish desires, we tend to focus on what we don’t have instead of enjoying all the things we do have. Until we are content with what God has given us, we will never be able to experience the ABUNDANT JOY that He wants to be ours.
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