Often we as humans, and I am talking from the beginning of humanity, we seek and run after gaining as much as we can.  Trying to as they say, “Get Ahead in Life” or “Keeping up with the Jones” or “Get All You Can Get”, in reality it is the operation of the spirit of covetousness. This is greediness, having an attitude of materialism and gaining wealth over the top of anything or anyone else.  Greediness is nothing more than covetousness, covetous practices, one who lives for nothing else accept gathering all he/she can get, which is a covetous person who is an idolater Ephesians 5:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context.  Jesus candidly spoke on this subject saying as He taught on provisions, ...