Try as we might, we do not have the power to control our life events except minimally. The majority of our control is orchestrated through minor adjustments to our own person. We can incline in one direction or another. We can turn one way or the other. We can focus on the important or unimportant things. Nonetheless, the path of our lives is informed by God. The wise leans into this fact by building his relationship with him. He puts a sail to the wind rather than being tossed to an fro by it. Too many spend their time in this life trying to escape this fact. But those who learn to toss up sails can do great things despite the lack of absolute control. In this way, their control may not be absolute, but it is meaningful. Those who refuse to acclimate ultimately find themselves lost at the whims of the transcendent forces of life that easily dwarf their pride. We should find solace in God’s control. We ought to take refuge in it.