A friend of mine after I had sent her some daily devotionals, sent me a message to thank me and that she considers herself lucky to have access to these anointed teachings. My spirit immediately rose up against the word lucky and I responded to her message with these words:
“You are blessed ma, not lucky…being lucky is per chance blessing is divinely deliberate”.
God does not play the game of chance with His children. He is very deliberate in His love, favour and blessings. He loved us before we knew Him and continues to love you and I with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3 (CEB) the Lord appeared to them from a distance: I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. And so with unfailing love, I have drawn you to myself.
Don’t use the word luck or lucky again.
Before you were formed in the Womb God knew you and before you were birthed He had a purpose and plan for you.
Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT) “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
I will share something with you about luck or lucky. Please read on and let understanding come to you in Jesus Name. Don’t let it stop with you but also teach your children to say “I am blessed and favoured of God” instead of “I am lucky”, because there is nothing divine about luck.
I was led in my spirit to do some research into the use and meaning of the word luck and lucky.
I found out that there had been a long lived believed that somehow it is linked to Lucifer (originally), who is now better known as satan or devil, ever since he fell.
Isaiah 14:12-17 (NKJV) 12“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ 15Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit 16 “Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’
But the link of luck to the name Lucifer alone is somehow weak, because the name Lucifer was not initially attributed to evil, trickery, falsehood, luck (a game of time and chance and trickery)…but after Lucifer rebelled against God and fell, he became Satan, the devil (doer of evil). And Satan or the devil in every way is the master of the game of time chance, a trickster, giver of false assumptions, fear and uncertainty bringer. In Norse mythology there is a mention of a trickster god, Loki, who bears many similarities to Satan. Those who Loki is against always suffer misfortune. But those who he favours are lucky, Loki?
Some have also tried to support the use of the word luck or being lucky quoting;
Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV) “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all”.
It is believed that it was Solomon that wrote this piece and that he was the wisest in His day…but the same Solomon at some point departed from God, the source of Divine Wisdom. Nevertheless this observation he made and wrote about was of people who are just existing day to day having not found the purpose of their life in the centre of the will of God. It was Solomon’s relationship with God that gave him wisdom and riches; it was not time and chance. Except what Solomon really meant was that God Almighty who has seasons and time under His control and that the Same gave him a chance in life and a destiny in His grand plan. Would the reference to time and chance make Divine sense.
A manipulator of time and chance (luck) is Satan, previously Lucifer, (Latin: Lightbearer) Greek Phosphorus, or Eosphoros, in classical mythology, the morning star (i.e., the planet Venus at dawn); personified as a male figure bearing a torch, Lucifer had almost no legend, but in poetry he was often herald of the dawn. Biblically Lucifer is the name of Satan before his fall.
Read Genesis 3:1 and compare it to the literary description of Loki and note the subtle similarities (between, satan (the serpent) and Loki)
Genesis 3:1 (AMP) 3 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from [b]any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:1 The relationship between Satan and the serpent is not made clear, but Satan is identified with the serpent later in Rev 12:9, 14, 15, and 20:2. It seems difficult to believe that Eve would not have been suspicious of a talking creature, but at this point in time Eve probably knew next to nothing about animals; and in any case, the serpent, as it existed before the curse (v 14), was a very different creature from the reptile that is familiar to us today.
Loki, in Norse mythology, a cunning trickster who had the ability to change his shape and sex. Although his father was the giant Fárbauti, he was included among the Aesir (a tribe of gods). Loki was represented as the companion of the great gods Odin and Thor, helping them with his clever plans but sometimes causing embarrassment and difficulty for them and himself. He also appeared as the enemy of the gods, entering their banquet uninvited and demanding their drink. He was the principal cause of the death of the god Balder. Loki was bound to a rock (by the entrails of one or more of his sons, according to some sources) as punishment, thus in many ways resembling the Greek figures Prometheus and Tantalus. Also like Prometheus, Loki is considered a god of fire.
There is always a false assumption and trickery attached to the nature of luck. And it is no small thing that satan is regarded as the father of lies.
John 8:44 (KJV) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ecc 9:11 regarding time and chance; this does not apply to the category of people mentioned…in 1 Peter 2:9 King (KJV) But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
If you are chosen for a purpose by God your life is not is at the whim of time and chance but in the deliberate, perfect plan and purposes of God.
It is by Grace and not by works. Grace is Divine Unmerited favour. The Grace of God is assured, it is deliberate and certain, sealed in Covenant with the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. It is not based on the idea that we shall maybe obtain this by doing that, it is not luck, nor does it have anything to do with being lucky.
But when we talk about time and chance application it would be to the category of those who are not under Grace and are subjected to the devices of Satan (The god of time and chance).
2 Corinthians 4:3-5 (kjv) 3 But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to those who are lost, 4 whose unbelieving minds the god of this world hath blinded, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Colossians 3 is for us who are under Grace, who are not subjected to time and chance. We whom by faith in Christ Jesus have received the Salvation of God. We are subjected to Grace, the unmerited favour of God not luck:
Colossians 3 King James Version (KJV) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord…
“Luck, Lucky, Loki (trickster god, fortune or misfortune) uncertain random events, time and Chance. No how does luck have anything to do with God. God is deliberate in His blessing and favour”.
There is nothing Divine about Luck!
Have you ever thought about the fact that the Bible doesn’t use the word luck? Let’s consider what I believe to be the three main reasons why the Bible doesn’t talk about luck.
1. Luck Leaves God Out: Luck is a way to try to explain things without including God in the discussion. We don’t use the word God and the word luck in the same sentence. When something unexpectedly good happens to a person people say, “He’s so lucky!” Do they mean God caused the good fortune? Not at all. If they meant that they would say, “God was good to him!” People don’t usually say “God made you lucky.” God and luck don’t go together.
2. There’s No Such Thing as Luck: The dictionary defines luck as “the things that happen to a person because of chance: the accidental way things happen without being planned, good fortune.” What is chance? It’s something happening by accident or without design. Think about it. If there is something called chance, that isn’t controlled by God and it causes things to happen, then chance must be a god, too. No, there’s no such thing as chance or luck.
3. Luck is an Idol: An idol is anything that one turns to instead of to God. In India and many other countries people have actual idols made with hands that they worship. People pray to them and believe that by burning incense to them good things will happen to them. Many professional athletes have “lucky” rituals like wearing certain items of clothing over and over. Doing that or having lucky numbers or anything like that is no different from burning incense to or praying to a piece of wood. There is a Problem with Saying “Good Luck”. What do you mean when you say “Good luck”? What is your intent? Are you saying “I hope that random chance events outside of everyone’s, including God’s, control will turn out for your benefit”? That is exactly what you mean when you say “Good luck.”
Things That Are Not Left Up to Luck. For perspective here are 5 things that some attribute to luck that the Bible tells us God actively controls:
Little things, like food for birds Matthew 10:29 -31
Random things, the roll of the dice Proverbs 16:33.
Powerful things, those who control us Proverbs 21:1
Bad things, for our good Genesis 50:20.
Good things, every good gift James 1:17
Luck isn’t real. God is real. Let’s honour God with our words. Instead of saying “Good luck” either say, “May God bless you” or if you’re concerned people will think you’re a religious nut for saying that, say “I hope all goes well for you.” Both will honour God. Saying “Good luck” doesn’t.
Finally, We can always hold this Bible verse against any notion of or any speech that leans towards luck:
Romans 8:28 (KJV) 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
As a born-again, Spirit filled man of God, I am not lucky…but assuredly I am blessed and highly favoured because all things work together for my good.
Glory be to God. Alleluia!
The Message Bearer
Cornelius Bella
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