A Light For the Nations

Is.42:5-7 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Why have we been created? Are we here only to indulge our every desire? What will we take with us when we go into eternity? God's word says in 1 Timothy, you come with nothing and you leave with nothing. So then, why do we waste our time and energy on material possessions?
1Tim.6:8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
What does covet mean? It means to crave, desire, wish for, something belonging to another.
This is one of God's commandments, You shall not covet.  
Ex.20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
Do you understand why God has commanded this?
James :14-15 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Desiring another persons possessions leads to stealing, murder, and all manner of other crimes!
Lord, deliver us from the desire for material possessions. May we ever be mindful that all things come from You. Amen