Why would God let people say no to Him?

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Why would God let people say no to him? When you look at Moses' story, God appeared to him in a burning bush as he heard the cry of his people, the Israelites. And God says he wants to set them free from Egypt through Moses. Now, does Moses say yes immediately? No. He questions, "Who am I to do this? I'm not a good speaker. Why would they listen to me?" And gets to the point where he just flat out says, "Please send someone else." Sounds like a lot of polite no, thank you's. Surely God knew how Moses was going to react. If he's going to pick somebody to do it, why wouldn't he pick somebody that would immediately say yes or make them say yes? Well, this morning, while reading the Bible, I think I found an answer when we see a similar pattern happening between Pharaoh and God. Because Moses and his brother Aaron go to Pharaoh, say God said, "Let my people go." Shows them a sign from God. And Pharaoh says, "No." Way more times than Moses. Knowing God wanted the people free, why would God let Pharaoh say no so many times? Well, I believe we can find the answer right here. The Lord had said to Moses, "Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt." What if God's goal wasn't only to get them out of Egypt? What if God let them say no so that the miracles could be multiplied? Think back to Moses's now. He started as a poor communicator giving all the excuses about why he's unqualified to do this. But by the end of it, we do actually see Moses taking over communication after he got comfortable watching Aaron do it for a bit. Showing us that God can still use us when we doubt. Remember God telling Moses to stretch out his hand and the staff and part the Red Sea? Would that have happened if God didn't let Pharaoh say no, get so upset, and start chasing them? I don't think so. But because of that, the miracle was multiplied and people for thousands of years still know of God's power because of that story. But here's the thing. All of these stories where people are saying no to God, they're in here to lead us to say yes to him. So, I pray that the next time we hear a no to something that we feel God is saying yes to, that we wouldn't feel defeated, but that we would believe that this is a place where God will multiply his miracles because of it. Let me know how you're saying yes to God today. God bless you, friends.