What the Bible says about Lusting
(From Forerunner Commentary)
A simple illustration helps understand this statement: A desire-driven "window shopping" for things to do in order to be "busy"—filling our time with meaningless, self-centered, carnal activities—crowds out God's Word. When we elect to do this, we risk many spiritual dangers.
When we covet carnal activities or material things, we serve them. If we give our time, energy, and money to them to the extent that we leave only the barest minimum of those things for God, we are practicing idolatry. It may reveal itself in us through a fear that, if we give ourselves to God, we will have nothing for ourselves. We live as if life in God cannot be full enough to make up for the loss of other things.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Tenth CommandmentRelated Topics: Coveting | Coveting Material Things | Desire | Desire as a Bridgehead to Sin | Idolatry | Lusting