God uses insignificant people

God chose Saul to be the king of Israel

when Saul himself considered himself insignificant

(1 Samuel 15:17; see also 9:21).

God also raised up Gideon,

whom He described as "the least in my family"

(Judges 6:15), to be a judge and use him as an instrument.

Furthermore, God appointed Paul (Saul), who said of himself,

"I am the least of the apostles" (1 Corinthians 15:9),

and "the least of all the saints" (Ephesians 3:8; see also 2 Corinthians 12:11),

to be an apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 11:13; Galatians 2:8),

to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In this way, God chooses and uses seemingly insignificant people

(Acts 4:13) as His instruments (1 Corinthians 1:28) to fulfill His purposes.