There’s a theme all throughout the Bible of God using things and people who seem to be worthless or of no significance to do huge things.
Perhaps the greatest example is the story of his own son coming to the world and being born in a feeding trough in a barn full dirty animals to a couple who had no real big significance. Then, immediately after, the first people witnessing His son on this earth are a bunch of unnoteworthy shepherds who were told by angels about his birth.
There are numerous other examples of this throughout scripture. David, being the youngest and likely smallest son of a man named Jesse being picked by God to rule the entire nation of Israel. But how was he remembered? A tiny boy who was worthless? No. He is known as a man after God’s own heart.
Moses was born to a nobody and should have been killed but was spared and ended up being raised by Pharaoh’s daughter. He then goes on to lead the nation of Israel out of captivity from Egypt.
Even in Jesus’ ministry, he picked unlikely candidates for his ministry. Tax collectors, fishermen, etc. Not any of the people others liked to hang around with all the time. Not people who were well educated
This theme is more than just a coincidence. Check out what Jesus says through Paul in 1 Corinthians:
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 26-31
One of the beautiful things about Christianity is that your stature or position in society doesn’t matter In fact, it seems often in scripture that it’s much more difficult to live a life dependent on God when you have so much else in this world.
The only thing that matters is your position to God, and if you understand that, everything else falls out the window. Your education, your looks, your wealth, etc.
Take a lesson from a tax collector from the book of Luke who was on the right track:
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” I tell you, this man went down to his house justified – Luke 18:13-14a