The final commandment is like a lens through which to view, and the key to
living out, all the others. Murder, idolatry, stealing, failing to rest;
these all proceed from covetousness. This is because coveting is a matter
not of outward behavior, but of the heart. And when our heart is
misaligned, everything else in our life will be too.

Desire is an essential part of what it is to be human, but we’re rarely in
control of what it goes after. With the exception of our fundamental
material needs like food and shelter, we’re lead by our desire not
primarily for things, but for identity. We desire what other people desire.
And when those desires are not met, the result is often anger or violence.
The only one who can satisfy our inbuilt desire is God himself, and in
Jesus we have the only worthy model for our desire. He is who we’re called
to imitate. And when we set our hearts on him, all covetousness for what
others desire, and which will never satisfy, is robbed of all its
destructive power. 

By Ed Flint

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