Question:
Is there such a thing as a coincidence? The definition of a coincidence is a happening that has no direction behind it. It is not organized.

Answer:
We are told in Ephesians 1:11 that God “worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” If there is such a thing as a coincidence then this verse is not true. God is behind everything that happens. God allows things to happen. Things don’t just happen by chance. God often put us in places where people need Christ.

David said: “My times are in Thy hand” (Psalm 31:14, 15). Things happen at times to teach us lessons. The choices we make are not God’s fault. He allows us to make these choices though. “We ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that” (James 4:15). The attitude of Christians is important. We will have peace if we realize that the Lord controls what happens.