God’s Sovereignty Over Nature

The following excerpt was taken from an article by John Piper, ‘The Sovereignty of God’ which can be found here.

He is sovereign over what appears the most random acts in the world.Proverbs 16:33says, “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.” In modern language we would say, “The dice are rolled on the table and every play is decided by God.” There are no events so small that he does not rule for his purposes. “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?” Jesus said, “And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered” (Matthew 10:29–30). Every role of the dice in Las Vegas, every tiny bird that falls dead in the thousand forests — all of this is God’s command.

From worms…