Good luck? Not hardly.

Prov. 16:33, The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Just a thought for today.

How often do we wish folks, "good luck?"  Do we really know what we're wishing them?

What we're doing is suggesting that somehow it is a good thing to trust in fate or fortune instead of the sovereign God.  We're encouraging them to idolatry.  We're proposing that they put their faith in a false god offering no hope what so ever.

"Good luck," "Good fortune," even "May the force be with you," may seem innocent but they are not.  They are sinful proposals, invitations to hopelessness.

We would be better encouragers if we blessed them with "I pray God's providence for you concerning X."  But that's a little dangerous too.  it leaves it totally in God's hands to say "Yes," or "No."  AND whatever the answer it is His providence.

More than that, it is His blessing - yeah, "NO!" can be a blessing if it's a "No," from Him.

Even when we say, "may God bless you,"  we have to keep in mind that a "No," from Him is just as much a blessing as a "Yes."

James make it plain:

James 4:15-16 NASB
Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." [16] But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

I could go on and on and on but I think you can get my point.  If what comes from our mouth comes from our hearts then wishing someone good luck tells us something about our hearts - they may be good intentioned but they err and the "why" of that error needs to be examined and rooted out.

Prov. 16:33, The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.