Whom did God choose to use in the Bible?
God chose to use the commonplace, not the great men, the wealthy, or kings; He used people who had nothing in their flesh to offer, so that His strength is made perfect in weakness. This pattern shows God's grace is sufficient, and He works through human weakness rather than worldly prominence.
Les explains that God deliberately did not use the great men of this world, nor the wealthy, nor kings. Instead, He always used the commonplace—people who had nothing in their flesh to offer. The context illustrates this with Paul, who prayed three times for his malady to depart, but God did not heal him. God told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for thee,” and His strength is made perfect in weakness. That grace carried Paul through shipwrecks, beatings, hunger, cold, and nakedness. Believers likewise rest on the assurance that regardless of what God may see fit to take them through, He will be with them when they reach the other side. Moses also thought he would be God’s man, showing that God’s chosen instruments are not the world’s great ones.