[nlitened]

> Countries rise to power because they are in the right place at the right time, even if monarchs and nationalists will always attribute it to God preference

Isn’t it literally the God’s preference of a country for this place and time, from both secular and religious points of view?

[Frieren]

The traditional way of looking to by "God will" means that something is right and moral.

I agree that nowadays it is also used as just a substitute to "luck" or "random event" without the moral connotations.