The majority of stories in the Bible that have to do with wars being won, people becoming strong leaders, and, generally, people changing the world through faithfulness, all have one thing in common–the leaders are most often underdogs. From small town timid people like Jonah to farmers like Amos, the Bible is replete with stories of faithful people who didn’t believe in themselves yet accomplished huge feats. 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 says, “But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.”
Likewise, Deuteronomy 7:7-8 says, “It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.” God constantly chooses what is foolish and weak to shame those who think they are wise and strong.
Even Isaiah prophesied about the messiah who was anything but majestic: “For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2 ESV). God doesn’t choose the weak to prove to them that they can accomplish great things. Rather, he chooses them to prove that He can accomplish them. When we do great things, it should always point people to God instead of us.