"For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth" (vs 26). It doesn't take much to realize that there are a lot of people in this world who are a lot smarter and wiser than me; people who are way more powerful; and I was certainly not noble in birth by any stretch of the imagination.
The temptation here is to think that God will want to use the wise and strong and rich to accomplish his purposes, so that the world will see how great God is. But Paul says it's the exact opposite that will put God's glory on display. For if he were to use those people, they would have reason to boast about themselves.
"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" (vs 27). Do you feel the freedom that brings us? God gets the most glory, not when we make much of ourselves, but when we make much of him!
When you are serving others or sharing the gospel, are you thinking about how you are being seen? Or how God is being seen? See the difference? Don't waste your life trying to make yourself look good, or rich, or smart. Spend your life making much of our awesome God, who is all wise, all powerful, and all good!
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