The thief is driven by greed, the adulterer by lust, the coup plotter by greed for power, etc. If we check our appetites, we will be saved from trouble. In 1 Samuel 24, David had a chance to kill Saul and become king. He relented and trusted God to make it happen without him sinning by killing the Lord’s anointed. He eventually got his heart’s desire by becoming king after Saul was killed in battle.