No Wonder We're All Collectively Miserable!

𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 7:7 𝙆𝙅𝙑

7 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣? 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙨𝙞𝙣? 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙. 𝙉𝙖𝙮, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬: 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩, 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙩.

Covetousness is addressed in the 10th commandment that God gave to Moses:

𝙀𝙭𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙨 20:17 𝙆𝙅𝙑

17 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙭, 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨.

𝘿𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 5:21 𝙆𝙅𝙑

21 𝙉𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙, 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙭, 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧'𝙨.

Our entire society is in violation of the 10th commandment. Think of the "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality; your neighbor has something you want so you go and you get whatever it is that they want, only better. So if it's a boat, you get a bigger boat. If it's a car, you get a more expensive car. If it's a house, you get a bigger house, etc.

Think also about the push that people have been making in recent years for "equity" and "fairness." The thing they don't realize is these principles are basically impossible to achieve.

No wonder we're all collectively miserable!