Lottery: You Have Won

February 19, 2023

Today's Prompt: Lottery**

You Are a Winner!

Congratulations!

Out of the approximately 8 billion people that qualified, YOU are a winner!

By taking a chance and accepting Jesus are your Lord and Savior, you have won all the prizes in His sweepstake.

Read the following letter from our dear friend, Paul, to see what you have won!

Dear friends,

My name is Paul, and I was chosen by God to be an apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. I’m writing this letter to all the devoted believers who have been made holy by being one with Jesus, the Anointed One. May God himself, the heavenly Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, release grace over you and impart total well-being into your lives.

Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts!

And in love, he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.

For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace —for the same love he has for the Beloved, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!

Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellation of our sins—all because of the cascading riches of his grace. This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding. And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desires to us—the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time. And because of God’s unfailing purpose, this detailed plan will reign supreme through every period of time until the fulfillment of all the ages finally reaches its climax—when God makes all things new in all of heaven and earth through Jesus Christ.

Through our union with Christ, we too have been claimed by God as his own inheritance. Before we were even born, he gave us our destiny; that we would fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in his heart. God’s purpose was that we Jews, who were the first to long for the messianic hope, would be the first to believe in the Anointed One and bring great praise and glory to God!

And because of him, when you who are not Jews heard the revelation of truth, ***WINNER*** you believed in the wonderful news of salvation. ***WINNER***

Now we have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. He is given to us like an engagement ring, as the first installment of what’s coming! He is our hope-promise of a future inheritance which seals us until we have all of redemption’s promises and experience complete freedom—all for the supreme glory and honor of God!

Again, congratulations, beloved friend. The outcome of this lottery was always a sure thing, God left none of it up to chance. You were always the intended winner!

For a more detailed list of your winnings, see the New Testament. It also outlines how you go about collecting your winnings.

Thank you for entering. I'm so pleased that you did, and look forward to seeing you discover all the prizes and gifts you have been awarded.

**This post is part of the #write28days Challenge, writing and posting EVERY DAY in February