I have recently thought that evolution as a method of creation might bear some analogy to God’s giving of free will to his intelligent creations, humans and spirits both.
God apparently chose to make beings with free will who would choose to be his friends, instead of robots or dolls that would simply act out His will.
Couldn’t evolution be something similar? God sets up the parameters, initiates the process and then stands back to see what happens.
None of which takes away the possibility of his jumping back into the process to adjust it whenever He sees fit.
My Deist Grandfather thought much the same thing. From God’s perspective (from the bang event to our epoch) how many times has the Universe doubled in size? ... IIRC six going on seven times.