When you look at this world and how they view and measure success it’s always based on your physical attributes, education level, jobs, cars, money, house, and other worldly things. But our Father YAHWEH doesn’t base what you can do for Him off of any of those things, because He can use anyone to bring esteem to His Name! And most of the time in scripture YAHWEH will use the unexpected people, things, and impossible looking situations of this world to show His power, so that you cannot take the credit for what is being done by saying “it was my strength, my money, my army, my plan, my wisdom, my education, etc.”
So therefore, He can use you too, just make sure it’s not your will but His will! Some people will look down on a poor man and that poor man can be filled with the wisdom of ELOHIM and shame someone who thought they were wise! Why? Because YAHWEH can use anyone!
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
“But ELOHIM has chosen the foolish of the world to put to shame the wise, and ELOHIM has chosen the weak of the world to put to shame the strong. And ELOHIM has chosen the low-born of the world and the despised, and the ones that are not, that He might bring to naught the ones that are, so that NO FLESH should boast in His presence.”
As we see from the words of Paul is that YAHWEH chosen the unexpected so that no one can boast in their own power or wisdom as if they are the reason they were victorious. In this way, YAHWEH can make His power known to the entire world. Peter, Andrew, John and James were fisherman (Mathew 4:18-22) and we know the disciples went on to spread the gospel, baptize, and perform healings and cast out demons, Moses felt that he wasn’t good enough to speak and YAHWEH sent his brother Aaron with him to deliver His people out of Egypt. Let, YAHWEH do His work through you by The RUACH Ha’ KODESH. Let’s look at some examples from scripture:
Judges 6:12-16
“And the Messenger of YAHWEH appeared to him (Gideon), and said to him, “YAHWEH is with you, you mighty brave one!” And Gideon said to Him, “O my master, if YAHWEH is with us, why has all this come upon us? And where are all His wonders which our ancestors related to us, saying, ‘Did not YAHWEH bring us up from Egypt?’ But now YAHWEH has left us and given us into the hands of Midian.” And YAHWEH said, “Go in this strength of yours, and you shall save Yisra’el from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” And he said to Him, “O YAHWEH, with what do I save Yisra’el? See, my clan is THE WEAKEST IN MANASHSHEH (Manasseh), AND I AM THE LEAST IN MY DAD’S HOUSE.” And YAHWEH said to him, “Because I am with you, you shall smite the Midianites as ONE MAN.”
Gideon said his clan was the weakest in the tribe of Manashsheh and that he was the least in his dad’s house, yet YAHWEH used Him to deliver Yisra’el from the hand of the Midianites.
Judges 9:15-21
“And YAHWEH had revealed to Samuel in his ear the day before Saul came, saying, “At this time tomorrow I shall send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him leader over My people Yisra’el, and he shall save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen My people, because their cry has come to me.” And when Samuel saw Saul, YAHWEH said to him, “See the man of whom I spoke to you. Let this one govern My people.” And Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please inform me, where is the house of the seer? And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And tomorrow I shall let you go and make known to you all that is in your heart. “As for you donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not lay your heart on them, for they have been found. And on whom is all the desire of Yisra’el? Is it not on you and on all your dad’s house? And Saul answered and said, “AM I NOT A BENJAMITE-OF THE SMALLEST OF THE TRIBES OF YISRA’EL, AND MY CLAN THE LEAST OF ALL THE CLANS OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN? WHY THEN DO YOU SPEAK, THIS TO ME?”
As we can see, Saul said the exact same thing that Gideon did about his clan being the smallest and the least of all the other clans, yet YAHWEH chose to reveal His power through them. YAHWEH could have chosen to use the largest and strongest clans instead He chose NOT to so that they could not boast in their own strength. An example of this was when Gideon’s army was cut from 32,000 to 300:
Judges 7:2-7
“And YAHWEH said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, LEST YIRSRA’EL BOAST AGAINST ME, SAYING, ‘MY OWN HAND HAS SAVED ME.” And now, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him turn back, and leave Mount Gilead.” “And twenty-two thousand of the people turned back, while ten thousand remained. And YAHWEH said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and let Me prove them for you there. And it shall be, that of whom I say to you,’ let him go with you. And of whomever I say to you, ‘This one does not go with you,’ let him not go.” So he brought the people down to the water. And YAHWEH said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, separate him from everyone who bows down on his to drink.” And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men, and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. And YAHWEH said to Gideon, “By the THREE HUNDRED MEN who lapped I save you, and shall give Midian into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his place.”
Again, YAHWEH could have used the whole 32,000 men He had at His disposal, but He doesn’t need the strength of men! He cut the army down to 300 to show His power and do the unexpected! He wants to display to the world that He can take the least of something and make it great by His power!
1 Maccabees 3:13-23
“Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Suria, heard that Judah had gathered a multitude to himself and an army of the trustworthy to go out with him to battle; he said, “I will make myself a name and reign in honor; for I will go fight with Judah and those that are with him, who despise the king’s command.” So he prepared to go up, and a mighty army of the wicked went with him to help him, and to be avenged on the children of Yisra’el. And when he came near to the ascent of Beyth Horon, Judah went out to meet him with a small army, who, when they saw the army coming to meet them, said to Judah, “How shall we be able, being so FEW, to fight against SO GREAT A MULTITUDE AND SO STRONG, seeing we are ready to faint from fasting all this day? Judah answered them, “It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the ELOHIM of the heavens it is all the same-to deliver with A GREAT MULTITUDE, OR A SMALL COMPANY, for the overcoming of battle stands not in the multitude of an army; but STRENGTH COMES FROM THE HEAVENS. They come against us in great pride and wickedness to destroy us with our wives and children, and to plunder us, but we fight for our lives and our Laws. Therefore YAHWEH Himself will overthrow them before our face. And as for you, do not be afraid of them” Now as soon as he had ended speaking, he rushed upon them suddenly, and so Seron and his army was overthrown before him.”
Judah Maccabee and his army not only was smaller than the opposition, but they were also faint from fasting all day, and YAHWEH delivered them by His power and Judah already knew that He would. Seron of Samaria was not expecting to lose this battle, but again YAHWEH did the unexpected.
Even YESHUA came from the small tribe of Judah:
Micah 5:2
“But you, Beyth Lehem Ephrata, you are FEW to be reckoned among the THOUSANDS OF JUDAH, out of you shall Once come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Yisra’el; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.”
Furthermore, YESHUA did not appear on earth how Yisra’el expected Him to come, yet He is the One who saved us from our sins. Yisra’el was expecting a superhero riding on a white horse to destroy the Romans to restore the nation of Yisra’el, instead they got a suffering servant who took away the sins of the world, which again proves that YAHWEH does the unexpected. YESHUA’s death was a win for the world and many still don’t understand this.
Isaiah 53:1-4 (Septuagint)
“O YAHWEH, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of YAHWEH been revealed? We brought a report as a child before Him; He is as a root in a thirsty land: He has NO FORM NOR COMELINESS; and we saw Him, but He had NOT FORM NOR BEAUTY. But His FORM was IGNOBLE (which means not honorable in character or purpose) and INFERIOR to that of the children of men; He was a Man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for His face is turned from us: He was dishonored, and not esteemed.”
Again, YAHWEH did the opposite of what the world expects by sending YESHUA in a form that mankind didn’t accept, just as we have been outlining in this entire message. We know the world flocks to what they consider to be beautiful and I believe that fleshly response was part of the reason why YESHUA was rejected so scripture would be fulfilled.
1 Samuel16:6-7
“And it came to be, when they came, that he (Samuel) saw Eliyab and thought, “The anointed of YAHWEH is indeed before Him.” But YAHWEH said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him, for not as man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but YAHWEH looks at the heart.”
And continuing on with this same chapter from Samuel we see that David who was the smallest and the youngest of 8 brothers was the one to become king. So again YAHWEH chose the unexpected to rule over His people.
1 Samuel 16:8-13
“Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has YAHWEH chosen this one.” Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has YAHEWH chosen this one.” And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “YAHWEH has not chosen these.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the young men?” And he said, “There remains yet the YOUNGEST, and see, he is tending the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we do not turn round till he comes here.” And he sent and brought him in. and he was tanned, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And YAHWEH said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is the one! And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of YAHWEH came upon David from that day and onwards. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.”
And just how we see that David was the youngest and became king, so was Jacob younger than his brother Esau, and YAHWEH chose the seed of Jacob as a holy people unto Himself and established a covenant with him, and through him came the 12 Tribes of Yisra’el (12 Patriarchs).
Genesis 25:21-23
“And Isaac prayed to YAHWEH for his wife, because she was barren. And YAHWEH answered his prayer, and Rebecca his wife conceived. And within her the children struggled together, and she said, “If all is right, why am I this way? So she went to ask YAHWEH. And YAHWEH said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the other, and THE OLDER SERVE THE YOUNGER.”
Joseph was the second youngest out of 12 brothers, and his brothers hated him because Jacob their dad loved Joseph the most and because of his dreams that he had they would bow down to him. And even though his brothers were older and even had battle experience, YAHWEH chose the least expected one to become second in command to Pharaoh in Egypt.
Genesis 45:7-8
“And ELOHIM sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you by a great escape. So then, you did not send me here, but ELOHIM. And He has appointed me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Finally, we know the account of David going against Goliath. All of the army of Yisra’el was afraid of them as grown men, but David the young man was not afraid because He knew that YAHWEH was with Him. So, again YAHWEH use the smallest and the youngest to fight against a giant and prevailed. This was very unexpected especially by Saul.
1 Samuel 17:32-50
“And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him, your servant is going and shall fight with this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, you are NOT ABLE to go against this Philistine to fight with him, FOR YOU ARE BUT A YOUTH, and he a man of battle from his youth.” Then David said to Saul, “Your servant has been tending sheep for his father, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and smote it, and rescued from its mouth. And when it rose against me, I took hold of its beard, and smote it and killed. Your servant has smitten both lion and bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the armies of the living ELOHIM. And David said, “YAHWEH, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He delivers me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and YAHWEH be with you!” Verse 49-51 “And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone, and slung it and smote the Philistine on his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in the hand of David.”
So if the world makes you think you are too young or aren’t talented enough, tall enough, strong enough, smart enough, educated enough, rich enough, and not popular, take courage and know that if the world thinks poorly of you; that YAHWEH thinks highly of you, and wants to work through you. Even, if you have young children, continue to raise them up to follow YESHUA and keep the commandments because you don’t know what that child will become and how YAHWEH will use them for His purpose.
All of those mentioned above submitted to the will of YAHWEH and they were vessels that could be used, and as we have seen throughout scripture that YAHWEH will take the unexpected things of this world and do great things through them to bring esteem to His Name! So let YAHWEH do the same thing for you in your life today.
May our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!