“Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:” - Amos 7v14
Who does God use? Wouldn’t it “make sense” for God to use the noble statesmen and the powerbrokers of the world? Wouldn’t it “make sense” for God to use films stars and famous athletes? In our minds it would, and, on occasion He does use these kind of people.
I Corinthians 1 tells us that it is rare that He does so. God knows man’s natural proclivity to take credit for what He does. For the most part the strong, noble, able, and the mighty could well think that they did things for God in their own power.
The vast majority of us are more like Amos - nobody famous, not from a long line of well-known Christians with a proven track record. Most of us are just like him, nothing more than sheepherders and fruit-pickers.
Why does God do this? Why does He use the “least-likely” individuals to do His work? It just doesn’t make any sense; or does it?
Most of know that there is nothing we can do for Him. When He does it only He will receive the glory. Men could look at us and think that we are who we are by our own power. When God uses the weak and lowly however they see Him and are drawn to Him.
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