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lostANDfound:
Never bought a scratch ticket, not even for a gift.

Kat:

I really don't know of anybody that case lots to get answers these days... but the Apostles did it.

Acts 1:26  And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

With anything it's what the intentions are be hide the act. In the OT it was the way that God allowed important decisions to be made, but even the lots fell where God intended them to.

Pro 16:33  The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.

The practice of casting lots occurs most often in connection with the division of the land under Joshua (Joshua chapters 14-21). Also a process that God instructed the Israelites several times in the book of Numbers (Numbers 26:55; 33:54; 34:13; 36:2). So God allowed the Israelites to cast lots in order to determine His will for a given situation (Joshua 18:6-10; 1 Chronicles 24:5,31). there were offices and functions in the temple that were also determined by lot (1 Chronicles 24:5, 31; 25:8-9; 26:13-14).

I really cannot see anything wrong with the way you got your answer Vicki. Would I do it? I don't know, I've never thought about it till now, but maybe with the Holy Spirit as a personal guide to us it is not necessary...

John 16:13  However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

Jeff:
Something that John from Kentucky wrote once really stuck with me - the best prayer I can come up with anymore is "God, thank you for your will in my life." I don't mean to say that I don't pray for others, but even then, it really amounts to the same words. I can't come up with a reason to say more. What can our prayers do but thank God? Asking for direction seems meaningless - God never changes his mind.  Maybe under the physical law there was a purpose, but spiritually, this idea of casting lots (and maybe I'm not catching on) seems completely meaningless. We're told to pray without ceasing- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - but to me it only makes sense to just give thanks.  Whether we go here or there, isn't up to us, so why even try to guess where God might be leading? Casting lots seems as though we're trying to divine God.

lostANDfound:
Well, Jeff, if I understand you, yes that's exactly what I was trying to do. I was trying to understand the will of God in a situation where I might easily be confused by evil spirits (evil spiritual doctrines).  I was trying to protect my heart and mind if it needed to protected by this convincing but heretical teaching if it wasn't the pure gold it at first appeared to be.  I had a strong urge to read on and soak it all in but I was being cautious that I not be led away by every wind of doctrine.  And this was a very different wind.
 

Jeff:

--- Quote from: lostANDfound on June 28, 2016, 12:45:54 AM ---Well, Jeff, if I understand you, yes that's exactly what I was trying to do. I was trying to understand the will of God in a situation where I might easily be confused by evil spirits (evil spiritual doctrines).  I was trying to protect my heart and mind if it needed to protected by this convincing but heretical teaching if it wasn't the pure gold it at first appeared to be.  I had a strong urge to read on and soak it all in but I was being cautious that I not be led away by every wind of doctrine.  And this was a very different wind.
 

--- End quote ---

lostAndFound,

I mean no disrespect.  I only mean to say that it doesn't matter whether we turn right or left, we can only go in the direction God has already predetermined.  God never changes, and he never changes his mind.  Our steps are laid out in front of us, and while we're given choices, the outcome will always be what God intends.

Jeremiah 29:11 is just one of many encouragements to understanding his will in our lives:

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."

Nothing we can do, or choose, will change God's plan, and that includes the calamity we might face.

Isaiah 45:7 "The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these."

What is about to happen has already happened.

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