GOD USED PHARAOH TO DISPLAY HIS AWESOME POWER

Romans 9, God’s blessings are not given just because someone decides to have them or works hard to get them. They are given because God takes pity on those he wants to. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was an example of this fact. For God told him he had given him the kingdom of Egypt for the very purpose of displaying the awesome power of God against him, so that all the world would hear about God’s glorious name.[b] So you see, God is kind to some just because he wants to be, and he makes some refuse to listen. Well then, why does God blame them for not listening? Haven’t they done what he made them do? No, don’t say that. Who are you to criticize God? Should the thing made say to the one who made it, “Why have you made me like this?” When a man makes a jar out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar beautiful, to be used for holding flowers, and another to throw garbage into? Does not God have a perfect right to show his fury and power against those who are fit only for destruction, those he has been patient with for all this time? And he has a right to take others such as ourselves, who have been made for pouring the riches of his glory into, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, and to be kind to us so that everyone can see how very great his glory is. FRIENDS, GOD IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL. SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS. BUT HE WILL NEVER DESERT OR FORSAKE US. WE MUST NEVER TURN OUR BACKS ON GOD AND ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM IN OUR LIVES!Revelation 1:5 Jesus Christ faithfully reveals all truth to us. He was the first to rise from death, to die no more. He is far greater than any king in all the earth. All praise to him who always loves us and who set us free from our sins by pouring out his lifeblood for us.