Been thnking about God's control

To what extent is God sovereign? To what extent has He arranged the events of my life? To what extent has Satan arranged the events of my life? (Can he?) To what extent do I arrange the events of my life? I believe in all three. Satan seeks to shred me, to tempt me, bring things into my life to cause me to doubt God and to have me suffer at the hands of sinful people, even my own sinfulness. I do make choices. Thanks to God for protecting me from making bad choices such all of the things I have wanted to do but did not do. He protects me often from the natural consequences of my own sinful choices. But He will allow me to suffer at my own hands or at Satan's to an extent. What gives me hope is that God is sovereign enough to make all things work together for good. He can take the worse blow that this world can deal out, the dumbest mistake or the most sinful decision I have ever made and work it to His will and His purpose if I bring it to Him. Even when I do not bring my sin and pain to God, He still has a plan and He is still longing for a deeper relationship with me. Only a loving God would give me that much freedom but still be heavily invested in the outcomes of my free choices.

That gives me hope. I am never out of His sight or His reach. Psalm 139 I am always under His loving gaze while He watches how I use this freedom of choice. He will not force me to do anything, but He will attempt to have me recognize Him and all that He has to offer as He brings everything in my life into His purpose for me to Know Him better, love Him more and for me to be strengthened by all of life's experiences. An that is why I worship Him. Loving Father, freedom giver, protector, limiter, forgiver, restorer, redeemer, an enduring, patient God who is always working the outcomes if not the processes of what I do and what happens to me in this life. It is not random, it is within His gaze for His purposes, my benefit and His ultimate glory.