means that He is in control—of everything. That’s why He is a BIG GOD. And that’s why He is a GREAT GOD. This means that when we look around and get the very strong sense that the world and our lives are out of control, we are wrong. It may appear to us that events have jumped the tracks and headed over the cliff, but in truth they are moving absolutely on schedule according to His divine plan and purpose. It was John Flavel who said to his congregation in England, some three hundred years ago, “Some