A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But, it seems that God oftentimes uses the weakest, most unlikely people, to accomplish his work.
Take Gideon (Judges 6 & 7) who declared himself the least man from the weakest clan, yet God used him. Gideon found it hard to believe so he asked God to give him a sign. Then, he asked for more signs – not that he didn’t trust God- but he had no confidence in his abilities to lead God’s people. Could he possibly understand God correctly? Was he completely bonkers???
Gideon is not the only one who had trouble believing God could use him. Moses argued with God that he was “slow to speak”. Did you get that? He said he wasn’t able to speak to Pharaoh, but he had no problem arguing with the most High God.
Other times God has used unlikely people: Rahab the prostitute (Josh 2), David the young shepherd boy (1 Sam 16), Joseph the dreamer (Gen 37-41), Matthew the tax collector (Matt 9), Zaccheus the “wee little man” (Luke 19), and Peter, who denied Christ three times. (Mark 14)
1 Cor 1:26-27 “Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.”
Our society places great importance on being self-confident and believing that you can do great things. Yet God seems to use those people who have emptied themselves out so that there is room for Him. Suddenly, being a link that God can use for His purposes seems much more important than fitting in with the rest of the world.
2 Cor 12: 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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