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*edited for better clarity (or tried to)*Usually, it seems to me, people don't want to admit that God is in all-control . . . even of humans; because ones don't want it to be true that they themselves are not really in control.
But you say, "Does God have to" > if you feel loaded down with too many things to take care of, keeping track of every single tree in a forest might seem too much to handle. Therefore, you might feel it could be too much for God to bother with?
But God is caring; whatever He does is caring. You, I think, know how while you are doing caring things, it is not a burden, or not as much. God, I think, is a micro-Carer . . . like a micro-manager, except He is caring for every electron flying around a nucleus . . . or through it. And He is fast enough to make it happen and keep track of it all.
The fact that physical things keep on functioning the way they do, in spite of all the evil, is a direct demonstration which can help us see how stable God is, even while at His high level of function to maintain the universe, and how He is quite capable of taking care of us.
I understand that there is a reason why people of physics and medical science keep finding out that there is more to try to find out > because God's ways are "past finding out" (Romans 11:33), and these ways are now working in all His creation.
But even though we can't figure out His ways, these ways are living in His love; as much as we submit to living in God's love, we can benefit from these ways.
God is definitely in control.
Clearly.
But....we are discussing how He controls things.
And it's speculation.
Perhaps less speculative (at least in my view) is when it's about things that don't affect us, like (ok, I'll give you a less unsure example) -- what controls the moons orbiting Pluto.
What controls the moons orbiting Pluto is said to be the laws of gravity (Newton's are a good approximation, Einstein's are more exact).
But...see, gravity, existing, was created by the Lord God, maker of heaven and Earth.
See? It's His gravity, which He created. See? So, He's definitely in control, either way -- if you think His gravity controls those moons, or if you think gravity is a science delusion. Either way, He is in control. We are only discussing merely the how.
But it involves speculation (more so) when it's stuff nearby to us, like cancer or accidents.
Especially when it is things that directly affect us, then we are talking more speculation. Does God specifically intervene to cause cancer? ( my guess is no, but He can definitely intervene if we pray about it)
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