LUCK
I am glad
there is no such thing as “chance,” that nothing is left to itself, but that
Christ everywhere has sway.
Depend
upon it, however, let men rebel against this truth as they will, that God has
determined the end from the beginning. He has left no screw loose in the machine, He has left nothing to chance or accident.
C.H. Spurgeon
A Feast for Faith, Isaiah. 28:29.
“Luck!”
There is no such thing in our world, none in nature, none
in human affairs. Luck means that an event has no cause at all. It is a bad
word – a heathen term. Drop it from your vocabulary! Trust nothing to luck, and
expect nothing from it. Avoid all practical dependence upon it or its kindred
words: fate, chance, fortune. Never forget your dependence upon God. He can exalt you to prosperity – or sink you
into the lowest depth of adversity. He can make everything to which you set
your hand to prosper – or to fail. Devoutly acknowledge this. Abhor the atheism
that shuts God out of His own world!
J.A. James
The Young Man's Friend and Guide Through Life to Immortality.
Nothing
whatever, whether great or small, can happen to a believer, without God’s
ordering and permission. There is no such thing as “chance,” “luck” or
“accident” in the Christian’s journey through this world. All is arranged and
appointed by God. And all things are “working together” for the believer’s
good.
J.C. Ryle
Has
God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out
by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we meet with either to good or ill luck
and fortune. There are many events in the world which men look upon as mere
accidents, yet all these come by the counsel and appointment of Heaven.
Thomas Boston
Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter
Catechism.