1 Corinthians 1:26-29
26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
There are some whom God chooses with great minds and wisdom (such as Paul the learned Pharisee and great theologians through the ages), but most are ordinary people with the extraordinary God using them. He purposefully chooses the weak to show His strength over all others, and the worldly foolish to display His wisdom in us. He calls out and enables the humble and seemingly insignificant to present to the world as witnesses to His omniscience and glory as the sovereign Lord over all. He alone then receives the glory, and man’s best accomplishments are seen as shadows in His unapproachable light.
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