Promise 27 from Exodus 9:16

Ex. 9:16 - "'But, indeed for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth'." - God doesn't ask for much, He just wants people, in all the earth to know Him. Pharaoh could have avoided so much grief if he would have just simply proclaimed God as God, but he was stubborn. Verse 17 says, "Still you exalt yourself against My people by not letting them go." It is soooo difficult for people to surrender their position on the throne, to God. It's so silly how people think that if they hold onto control of their lives, that they can control the good and bad from happening. They think they can protect themselves and the environment by remaining in control, but God says, 'Let Me show you My power!" He simply wants us to know that He is big enough and strong enough and powerful enough to protect and control our environment. I'm sure we would be amazed how much happens, if we had spiritual eyes to see what is happening around us. I'm not saying that difficult and bad things don't happen to those who have given their lives to Jesus, but God's name is proclaimed more through those who do and God pours favour onto His people. This verse speaks of the Sovereignty of God. We are all in His hands, at His mercy. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.