Not Just an "April Fool"

 For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. - 1 Corinthians 1:26&27 AMP

Regarding this passage of scripture, Matthew Henry says:

“God did not choose philosophers, nor orators, nor statesmen, nor men of wealth and power and interest in the world, to publish the gospel of grace and peace. Not the wise men after the flesh, though men would apt to think that a reputation for wisdom and learning might have contributed much to the success of the gospel. Not the mighty and noble, however men might be apt to imagine that secular pomp and power would make way for its reception in the world. But God [sees] not as man [sees]. He hath chosen the foolish things of the world, the weak things of the world, the base and despicable things of the world, men of mean [lacking distinction or eminence] birth, of low rank, of no liberal education, to be the preachers of the gospel and planters of the church. His thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways. He is a better judge than we what instruments and measures will best serve the purposes of his glory…To beat down the pride and vanity of men. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.”

Among the founders of the gospel we find fishermen, and a tax collector; not philosophers, nobility, and those considered to be of high rank within society. These are the people Jesus chose to pour His life and truth into on a consistent basis. These are the people He chose to spread the gospel; the founders of His church. In Acts 4, we read: Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. (vs.13 AMP)

What I’m trying to impress upon you is that you, YES YOU, can be used mightily by God regardless of any societal category you may fit into—rich, poor, unmarried, married, childless, foster parenting, living with physical impairment, very young, very old, renting a room, managing an empire…whatever! Humility is needed to be used by God. Whether society esteems you or not, God looks at the heart, and when you humble yourself, He will esteem you (James 4:10). Will you be a fool for God?