God controls all the events of nature including all apparently random events including our existence that starts from the combination of one sperm and one egg. Not only does He control all nature, He also controls the course of our own life. Acts 17:26 says "And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,"
God is King over all nations, over all the earth and He governs the events of human history for his purposes. Consider the ways in which God governs great events of history in the life of Joseph. Betrayed, sold into slavery into Egypt by his brothers but later elevated to a position of prominence and preserves his family in Egypt where they later become a great nation. The Genesis narrative ascribes all these events to the Lord.
Joseph interprets Pharoah's two dreams as indicating seven prosperous years followed by seven years of famine. Joseph denies that he has any of his own ability to interpret dreams, Gen 41:16 "Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."
41:28 "God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do."
41:32 "And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about."
It is God who will bring prosperity and then famine. Ahead in Gen 45:5-8 and 50:20, we see that even the betrayal by his brothers is the Lord's work. Again and again, it is God who brings about each event, good or evil for his good purposes. He does not merely allow Joseph to be sent to Egypt; He himself sends him, though certainly the treacherous brothers are responsible. Throughout the scriptures, God stands behind each great historical event.
Through the centuries of redemptive history, everything has come from God. He rules the whole course of human history. His might control and deeds prove him to be no less than King over all the earth.
References:
John Frame, Doctrine of God
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