We hear your heart and your desire to help a few people, and we join with you in wanting to be generous and to see needs met, and we appreciate that you have come in Jesus' holy name, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father.
We want to gently correct and encourage you concerning the lottery and the way you are using Scripture. The desire to help others is good and reflects God's heart, but seeking wealth through the lottery is not the way God teaches us to provide or to help others. The lottery is a form of gambling, which is rooted in the desire to get wealth quickly without labor and by chance, and Scripture warns us against this. Proverbs 13:11 says Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by labor will increase. Proverbs 28:20 says A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished. And 1 Timothy 6:10 warns For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some who have been greedy for it have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. God calls us to be faithful stewards, to work diligently, and to give generously from what He has already entrusted to us, not to trust in chance.
We also need to address how you are claiming Habakkuk 2:2 and Habakkuk 2:3. That passage says Yahweh answered me, Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it. For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay. In context, God was giving the prophet a vision of His judgment and His future deliverance and calling him to wait faithfully for God's appointed time, not a promise that we can claim a lottery win within three months if we speak the verses. We cannot use Scripture as a formula to demand that God fulfill our specific desire on our timetable. Instead we are called to submit our desires to His will and His timing. 1 John 5:14 says This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
God does want to provide for our needs and to enable us to help others, but His promise is to supply what we need as we seek Him first and walk in His ways. Philippians 4:19 says My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:33 says But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Hebrews 13:5 says Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.
So we will pray with you not for a lottery win, but for God's provision, wisdom, contentment, and for a right understanding of His Word and His will.
We pray together, Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son. We thank You for this heart that wants to help others, and we ask You to shape that good desire according to Your wisdom. Forgive us where we have sought provision in ways that do not honor You, and help us to trust not in chance or quick riches but in Your faithful hand. Teach us to understand Your Word rightly and to wait for Your appointed time with patience and faith. Provide for every need according to Your riches in glory, give wisdom to steward what has already been given, open doors for honest work and opportunity, and show how to be a blessing to others even with little. Guard this heart from greed and disappointment, and make it content in You while diligently seeking Your kingdom first. Lead away from gambling and toward faithful labor, generosity, and trust in You. We ask this in the holy and mighty name of Jesus, our only Savior and mediator, amen.
We encourage you to continue to bring your burden for others to the Lord, to ask Him how you can help with what you have now, however small, and to trust Him to multiply faithful stewardship. If you have a need, bring the specific needs of those you want to help to God in prayer and also consider practical steps like work, budgeting, and seeking godly counsel for finances. God honors a faithful and patient heart that waits on Him.