"Crapshoot"

 "They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did." (John 19:24 KJV)

  ""Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don't keep your promises, even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending upon the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies. Long ago I told you what was going to happen. Then suddenly I took action, and all my predictions came true. For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze. That is why I told you what would happen; I told you beforehand what I was going to do. Then you could never say, 'My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!' You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled, but you refuse to admit it. Now I will tell you new things, secrets you have not yet heard. They are brand new, not things from the past. So you cannot say, 'We knew that all the time!'"" (Isaiah 48:1-7 NLT) 

 Have you ever wondered why these soldiers were parting His clothes and casting dice for His robe? As it is, they had most likely heard about all of the things Jesus had done, healing the blind, the lame, and the lepers, casting out demons, and raising the dead. They might have even heard about how a woman was healed, by simply touching His garment. 

 If you really want to understand what was happening, you must put yourself in that place, and imagine if it had been you; what would you have done, and why. What would cause someone to think that they could obtain something special, having just taken part in nailing the Man to a cross, and then all four of you lifted Him up, and secured His cross into the ground! Do you deserve any favors? 

 Sometimes we just don't think things through! Is there really any difference between what these soldiers did, and what we might do, as we call out to God for help, but at the same time, think He doesn't care when we sin against Him? Oh, He knows! He sees everything and we are only fooling ourselves when we think, 'If I don't bother Him now, He won't pay any attention.' 

 That said, we must make every effort to be holy as that is our reasonable service! However, if we are honest, walking in the Spirit, has its ups and downs. Sometimes we are on the right road, and then we veer off, taking a little path of our own; having no clue what we are doing, until we finally realize, 'This thing that I am doing is wrong!' 

 When we have that happen, it is then that we must repent! There is a reason we realize it is wrong, because the Spirit within us says so, so we need to listen and change our direction, ASAP! Not doing so, make us like these soldiers! Having the knowledge of what God can do, but not understanding what He is able to do, to you! 

 Then again, He is deeply in love with us, so whatever it might be, it will be for our own good, we just might not like it! Again, look at Samson, he is a pretty good example...

 "This is what the LORD says - your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along paths you should follow. Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea. Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore - too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name."" (Isaiah 48:17-19 NLT)