Luck and love - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

But you are those who forsake the Lord, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and who furnish a drink offering for Meni.
Isaiah 65:11

Luck and love
“You were lucky!” That’s probably what someone said to you when you got out of a near-accident in one piece or passed an exam by a narrow margin against all expectations.

What do we actually mean when we say, “You were lucky?” Do we perhaps think that fate played a part? 2,700 years ago, the prophet Isaiah told the Israelites, in effect, “You worship Gad!” That is the planet Jupiter, which was considered a god of luck at that time. Apparently, they worshipped this foreign god because they wanted good luck.

The Israelites also sacrificed to Meni. This is Venus, who was worshipped as the goddess of fate. The Romans called her the goddess of love. Didn’t people express their belief in fate and their longing for love with this worship of the gods?

Well, we are enlightened people. Nevertheless, many people today live according to the principle that man must have happiness and that everyone can indulge in love as it comes their way. Life then proceeds accordingly, with all its sad consequences.

Instead of blindly chasing happiness, it is better to seek the living God and ask for His thoughts. He loved us so much that He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to die so that we might have eternal life in communion with God through faith in Him. That is much more than a little happiness and love.

Today’s reading: 1 Kings 5:1-14 · John 5:10-18