Thou Shalt Not Covet

“In the tenth commandment, ‘you shall not covet,’ God’s searchlight moves from actions to attitudes, from motions to motives, from forbidden deeds to forbidden desire. . . . In Colossians 3:5 Paul calls coveting ‘idolatry’ because the things coveted become your god, controlling your life” (J.I. Packer, Keeping the Ten Commandments, 101).