Desire itself is not sinful. God created you with the capacity to desire things. In one way it is our desires that move us along in life and stimulate responsible productivity. Yet desires can also malfunction and at that in a huge and destructive fashion. A desire becomes a covetous desire when it is inordinate. We desire something so much that we are consumed by the desire and hence we cease at that moment to trust God and we may take steps to realize what we desire in ways that are sinful, harmful to others and displease God. We can become enslaved to our desires. Our desires lead us into conflict with others and are often the reason we hurt others. It should not surprise us that at the core of every sinful behavior and act there are accompanying sinful desires. We can sinfully desire sinful things and we can also sinfully desire good things. So covetousness occurs when our desires become all consuming and take over our lives.