This christmas, I hope to set you free from this 'fear' of luck. It seems, to me anyway, that there's this unspoken rule to boycott the word luck. So 'potluck' becomes 'potbless', good-luck becomes blessed...etc (it seems happy and merry is also changed to blessed in many occasions, which baffles me really).
What's the fear of using luck? The general thought is that there's nothing random in life and luck has nothing to do with life as a christian. So we should avoid 'luck' altogether. The general scripture used here would be "...the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all. "" (ecc 9.11)
But if you look at the hebrew - time and chance - is 'qarah'. Does that describe luck? Time and Chance.
And in gen 24.12 while Abraham's servant was looking for a wife for Issac he said, "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me SUCCESS today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham. ""
Success is the same word - qarah.
Yeah, I know right? Go figure. And did the God of Abraham grant the servant the right TIME and CHANCE aka good luck? Of course! As LUCK would have it, he found Rebecca at the well and the rest, they say is history.
Merry Christmas friends and have a happy 2012. And if you need luck, know that Jesus has plenty of that to give. Seek Him out.
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