Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God.
So, true to form, we humans have evolved a devilishly clever logic to follow God, based on the premise that we have everything to win and nothing to lose.
If that is the motivation, I am afraid that's a no go because belief and love of God is based on faith and faith is based on experience.
Faith follows no logic. God follows no logic either, because our logic is based on the natural order of things in this world which were anyway created by God. Therefore, God created His won logic. For us, the parting of the red sea followed no logic. The healing of the lepers followed no logic. The resurrection followed no logic. If you are peaceful, that is illogical because how can you find peace in this disturbed world? Yet God gives us His peace.
So, if my belief in God is based on a principle of covering all bases, I am afraid that is no basis of belief in God.
Unless I have seen the see the value of life with God where is the basis of my belief? To know Him I need to experience Him, or as the Bible says -"Taste Him".
The Bible comments thus:
James 2:19
"You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder...."
1 Peter 2:3
"if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord...."
Hebrews 6:4-5
"For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come..."
Source:https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Experience,-Of-God
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