How Sovereign Is God? – Justin Taylor

Charles Spurgeon:

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes—
that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit, as well as the sun in the heavens—
that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses.
The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—
the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche.

Does Scripture really teach this? I believe the answer is yes. Here is just a tiny sampling:

How Sovereign Is God? – Justin Taylor

Living and Dying with Jesus (Various authors)  "Living and Dying with Jesus

 

Tony Reinke reproduces a moving section from a Charles Spurgeon sermon (November 2, 1884):

• The best preaching is, “We preach Christ crucified.”
• The best living is, “We are crucified with Christ.”
• The best man is a crucified man.
• The more we live beholding our Lord’s unutterable griefs, and understanding how he has fully put away our sin, the more holiness shall we produce.