Are you feeling lucky?

Normally, when people say, "I'm so lucky", I'll say something along the lines of "I'm so blessed". I don't think it's about being politically correct just because I'm a Christian but rather I really believe that someone else really wanna bless me with something or someone and all these 'good things' are not my own doing.

I came across an interesting article written by Professor Richard Wiseman who has been studying 'luck' for 13 years. This is what he has to say about it:

"Unlucky people are generally more anxious than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected.

As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else.

They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends.

They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs."


To a certain extent, I agree with what he has to say. Suddenly this made a bit more sense:

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek.

For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble"


I'm not saying what Professor Richard Wiseman said is be all and end all or the ultimate proof that it's not luck that governs the outcome of our life.

Rather, what I want to put across is this comforting thought that by not worrying we won't miss out on better things that lie ahead of us, freely given by Someone who sees our needs.