January 18, 2026, the 18th day of 2026
Give Glory to God Not Luck
I have many "thank God" moments in my day. They are not just for those answered prayers or to express our gratitude in general, they... View MoreJanuary 18, 2026, the 18th day of 2026
Give Glory to God Not Luck
I have many "thank God" moments in my day. They are not just for those answered prayers or to express our gratitude in general, they are for specifics.
Very often people don't want to thank God for the little things that make our days easier, because they don't see God in the circumstances. Some think it would be arrogant to imagine God would bother with us and the little things in our lives.
Or they won't accept that God was involved in another's life when He did not prevent the same issues in their life.
But when we are spared a bad outcome or we experience close calls, we should praise God, not another, especially luck.
But many, without really thinking about it, give glory to good luck instead of God, or they blame bad luck when things don't go well for them. Either way luck is getting the credit and the glory.
When we give credit to luck we do not turn to God in eithe circumstance, or learn from either.
God's help is more obvious at certain times.
But His help is less obvious when He seems to withhold His help. We cannot understand why. So we may ignore all the help as anything but luck.
And we may ignore all the hard times as anything but bad luck. It is easier that way. We don't have to account for God in either, as giving or rejecting help.
The problem with this is that we will usually glorify luck, not even thinking about it.
Instead, we need to look at our life as connected to God at all times, in every moment, and live like that.
I will use a few examples that most of us have faced both sides of in the Northwoods.
Those moments when the deer jumped away from our vehicle instead of in front of it, thank God, not luck.
And in the times the deer hits the vehicle instead of avoiding it, call out to God for help. Don't glorify bad luck.
Those times the car slides on an icy patch, but you righted yourself and nothing was hit, thank God, not luck.
The times the icy roads got the better of you and you slid into something, call on God, do not glorify bad luck.
Those times that you catch the dish as it slips from your hand, thank God.
The times that you have to pick up the pieces, call on God, don't curse your luck.
There are so many times in our lives that God moves unseen. We don't even know what He has saved us from. We thank God because He is doing so much.
But quite often we see the help, but we still do not acknowledge that it was from God. We need to change our mindset.
Most of the world will say those times were good luck. They do not really stop to think how a concept can be affecting us for good or bad.
God is over it all. Our choices can affect a lot of things, putting us in situations God would have kept us from, if we had chosen differently. But even then, God does not abandon us! He is waiting for us to turn to Him!
Stay strong! Thank God and glorify Him, do not glorify luck.
NAN
