By Chance?

^{Abraham Lincoln said "I will study and get ready,} 

^{and perhaps my chance will come"...}

In preparation for my Superbowl party Sunday I got to thinking about competition, and how unreliable football games can be. Sometimes it is totally chance who wins the game. I found this scripture that talks about chance- and I am interested in this concept.

¹¹ I have seen something else under the sun:
   The race is not to the swift
   or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
   or wealth to the brilliant
   or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
 ¹² Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
   As fish are caught in a cruel net,
   or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
   that fall unexpectedly upon them. (ecc 9:11-12)

 God is all knowing and therefore- can there ever truly be chance? Is it possible that things happen by chance or is everything in our futures already laid out? I know some religions believe in predestination-  the doctrine that God has predestined some persons to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment (Websters definition). 

But according to the Bible- God knows our future (Jer 29:11- ¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"). 

The question is- how detailed into our future is God? Does he give us parking spaces when we're driving around at the mall looking for them? Does he allow chance? 

What do you think of these scriptures?

1. Romans 8:29
   For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
2. Romans 8:30
   And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
3. Ephesians 1:5
   he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
4. Ephesians 1:11
   In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will