Have you ever used luck?

LUCK EXISTS AND IS IN CONTROL OF THE ETERNAL YHWH ...

Is luck there?

What does the Bible say about this?

Lucky, what people and the dictionary say:

Within the subject we are studying here, the Priberan online dictionary defines luck as the “Combination of circumstances or events that ineluctably influence. Destiny, Fado, fair share ”. That is, luck is usually understood by the world to be ascribed to chance or fate or what is not well known, and not to a higher power. Usually people believe that luck is something without any intelligent control, it is just the action of chance, the combination of circumstances that result in that outcome, whether positive or negative.

Lucky what the Bible says:

(1) The issue of luck is very much mentioned in the Bible. We find at various times the fate being used in the daily life of the people of the Eternal YHWH. An example of this was when a draw was used to decide which of the two goats chosen would be the scapegoat and which one would be sacrificed: "He will cast lots on the two scapegoats: one for the LORD, and the other for the scapegoat." ( Lev 16: 8). Another example was the use of luck to define complicated situations: “By casting of luck, the lawsuits cease, and the cause is decided among the powerful.” (Prov 18: 18). Note that in both cases the draw feature was used to solve a situation.

(2) The draws were also used with the approval of Eternal YHWH in the division of the promised land among the twelve tribes of Israel, to know in which part of the land each would live: “Nevertheless, the land shall be divided by lot; after the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit it ”(Num. 26: 55).

(3) The apostles used fortune to define who would be Judas' substitute, who betrayed Jesus, whether Joseph or Matthias: “And cast them into lot, and luck came to Matthias, and he was voted with the eleven apostles. ”(Acts 1:26).

(4) The above three points make it clear that the Bible does not support the world's idea that luck is a work of chance. The Bible shows the use of luck to determine the sovereign will of the Eternal YHWH in the face of the doubts that flawed men are. That is, when they cast lots they believed that the hand of the Eternal Almighty YHWH enlightened them with His sovereign will over the facts. This is very clear also in Proverbs 16. 33: “Luck is cast into your lap, but the decision comes from the Lord.”

(5) When Jonah was in the boat, fleeing Nineveh and the will of the Eternal YHWH and was taken aback by a rough, stormy sea. Lots were launched to find out who was causing such misfortune. “And they said one to another, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know because of whom this evil came upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. ”(Jonah 1.7).

What does it mean to cast lots in the Bible?

Casting sorts was a sort of guessing process that was used to know God's will for some situation or for a question that seemed complicated. Bringing it to our times, let's imagine it looks something like a one-on-one crown (much seen at football games) or a two-on-one, or perhaps the famous toothpick method.

In the ancient world this practice was used to know God's will for some subject. Although this method is also used by pagan nations to know the will of their gods, we see that the true God, the Lord, did not forbid this practice to his servants, but also used it as a way of showing His will. This is because God rules over and through all "luck". All situations are uncovered before the Lord and He acts as He wills and in whatever methods He desires.

(6) Thus, we can say that luck does exist, but not as people believe in it and dictionaries define it. It exists as the application of the sovereign will of the Eternal YHWH over everything and everyone. Eternal YHWH sovereignly rules all things and facts of our lives.

Luck when cast can be an instrument of the Eternal YHWH to do His Will!

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