Please don't misunderstand, I'm in the U.S. and just bought 6 Mega Millions Lotto tickets because the jackpot has exceeded one billion! Please wish me a win on Friday and I will be grateful.
Every investment has cost-risks and rewards. Familiar investments, such as depositing to banks, buying and selling real estate & stocks, are full of knowledge. The lottery is an investment that is often despised partly due to its easy access. Because the risks are enormous, the rewards are also enormous. The vast majority of lottery buyers invest very little, think the outcome is unpredictable, and resign themselves to their fate after buying lottery tickets. However, about half a century ago, there was a famous lottery that used computer-generated random data to draw. When the prize climbed to over $100 million, a statistics professor employed his expertise, and found out the formula and important parameters used in the lottery draw for the random data. As a result, he won the jackpot without suspense.
In fact, life is also an investment, although many people ignore its existence. According to God's promise in the Bible, if a person believes in Jesus Christ while he is alive, he will be resurrected one day in the future and be brought to heaven with God; If a person remains unbelieving in lifetime, he will be resurrected and put to hell. That is, if you choose to invest your ~100-year short life in God, you will gain infinitely greater eternal life; If one invests its God-given, precious life elsewhere, the return will be definitely 0.
Dear readers, you may be tempted by a billion dollars, but make sure to make a wise investment and reap eternal life without suspense! May God bless you!
Song:“This Is My Father’s World”（The Clueless Travellers， 2012； YouTube）。
Gold verse:“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”(Romans 12:1, NIV)