Nobodies
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 26th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Judges 7:7:
”The Lord said to Gideon, Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand.”
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 20:16:
‘“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
Gideon had a total of 32,000 fighting men and the Lord said to him, ”You’ve got too many. You need to send some home.” 22,000 went back home. They didn’t hesitate, they left the battlefield. 10,000 remained. Then the Lord said to Gideon, ”There’s still too many here.” So he sent more back home and he was left with a mere 300 hundred men to take on the mighty army of the Midianites. God has got a habit of doing that. I want to encourage you today, if you are feeling a little bit left out, if you are feeling a little bit down, that you’ll never get an opportunity to serve God, folks please don’t lose heart!
Samuel went to appoint the next king of Israel. He went to the house of Jesse. Jesse had 8 sons. He chose the youngest, the smallest, the one who wasn’t even brought into the home to be judged. He was left out in the field looking after the sheep. We are talking about David, King David. What about Moses? Moses had dropped the ball big time, maybe you have today. Moses ran for his life. He was a murderer. The Lord used Moses to take an entire nation out of slavery and into the desert for 40 years.
What about the fishermen? Jesus chose 12 men. These were not educated men, they were not talented, they were illiterate fishermen, and a couple of tax collectors to boot. Why does God do that? Well, He does it for one reason. He does not want to share His glory with any man. God chooses nobodies to do His work so that nobody can touch His glory.
You must attempt something so big, we say at Shalom, that if it is not of God, it is doomed to fail. Why? Because if it works, God will get all the glory. People will say, “There is no way that those men could have achieved that enormous victory that they had on their own. God was with them!”
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day
Goodbye.