The gambling industry is like an uncontrollable fire. It doesn't honor God and it ruins people's lives. The world tries to normalize gambling and it is easier than ever. The Bible says if you don't work, you don't eat. Gambling risks our resources. We are called to steward God's money. Gambling clashes with the command to love our neighbors. Philippians 2:4 says to look to the interest of others. We have a responsibility to our neighbor. A quick hook isn't the way. Do we believe that everything we need comes from Him? Colossians 3 says whatever you do work hardly for the Lord and not man.

God called Jeremiah to extract the precious from the worthless since he was living in a declining culture. In the NFL in the 1960s, Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus were all pros on bad Chicago bears teams. Despite the circumstances of being on bad teams, they rose to the occasion and excelled. We too should trust God with where we are at and we should let adversity test our faith. Let Jesus be heroic. Instead of saying why me God, let's say why not me.

The Bible makes it clear that deception is going to happen in the end days. We must eat (read & study) from God's Word so we are not deceived. We should be prepared to identify false teaching, in unity with our brothers, and we must be opportunistic in order to not fall into being deceived ourselves.