No chance happenings. ( Genesis 24 v1 - 27 )

I believe it is important to be reminded of the providence of God,that He is sovereign as John Flvael writes,'That everything in the world and in our own lives down to the minutest details is ordered by the providence of God.As Psalm 57 v2 declares,'God that performeth all things for me'.not only that He works all things for our  good.Read the book of Esther how God intervened to preserve his ancient people.,it didn't happen by accident.How David was preserved time after time from King Saul  his persecutor..When Abraham sent his servant to get a wife for his son,he guided him to the very place and the  person who would become Abraham's sons wife 24 Genesis 24 v27,here is what he said,'The Lord led me on  the journey to the house of my fathers relatives'.That servant had strong faith in the providence of God,a certainty that the greater as well as the smaller happenings of life are very defintely controlled by the Lord's hand'. (Leupold) 'Our  times are in God's hands', we could not be in better hands,he makes no mistakes,Yes God  is sovereign He rules and overrules in all the affairs of life,there are no chance happenings,none.John Ryland wrote the following..

                                                    'His decree that formed the earth

                                                     Fixed my first and second birth;

                                                     Parents, native place,and time,

                                                     All appointed were by Him.

                                                     He that formed in the womb,

                                                     He shall guide me to the tomb;

                                                     All my times shall ever be

                                                     Ordered by His wise decree.

                                                     Plasgues and deaths around me fly;

                                                     Ti'll He bids, I cannot die;

                                                     Not ab single shaft can hit,

                                                     Till the God of Love sees fit'