Hello Guys and Gals!
This morning and the past couple of days I have been thinking about this lottery which is a record levels. Let me start by saying that I am not judging any who do choose to play the lottery. If you feel like you enjoy it and want to do it, then go for it! With that being said, I have read stories about how people who have won the lottery in the past do not make their lives better but instead make their lives worse by their wrong thinking that since they have all this money that their problems have all been solved. Some have blown their money by simply spending it all, some have been swindled out of it by people whom they should not have trusted, some have been simply robbed or kidnapped and held for ransom. In the end, all of them have put their faith in the money instead of something more worthy.
25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. ~ Matthew 6:25-32
Think about this scripture passage! If we are to truly trust in God, then we put our whole trust in Him with everything! I feel as if you are putting your trust in money or the hope of winning the lottery when you do this and you take something away from God's providence in caring for you when you buy a ticket. Not that you are intentionally denying God's ability to take care of your needs in doing this, but have you considered that you might be doing exactly that; that you might be saying that you are putting your faith in the lottery instead of God? I am simply trying to get you all to question your motivations as I have done. As for me, I will not gamble or put money into the lottery for this reason. The other reasons are also key in that I do not like to promote someone who might be addicted to lottery tickets spending money on them instead of needful things for their family or themselves. This has become one of my core beliefs that the lottery does more harm than good in all the communities where it does exist.
So I ask you all to think about your motivations when you buy tickets for the lottery. Are you doing it simply for enjoyment? Or are you doing it with the hope that you will win and your problems will then all be taken care of? Because it is more likely to multiply your problems than remove them! Money does not bring happiness. Only God can bring that with His presence!
God bless you all this day!
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