1 Samuel 22:1-2: David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And
when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone
who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to
him. So he became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him.
When Gen. George Washington gathered his armies to fight against the redcoats, they came from
every conceivable walk of life. Some were frontiersmen, while others were merchants, farmers and
even slaves. But the overwhelming majority had one thing in common: they were not trained
soldiers. Most of them had shot nothing bigger than wild game.
Yet in spite of that glaring deficiency, they took on the disciplined regiments of British regulars, and
after a seven-year struggle they won.
David’s army also was a ragtag band of misfits. Those who were in trouble, in debt or simply
discontented were drawn to him. A more motley group of outcasts would be hard to find—hardly a
fit army for a would-be king. Yet despite their many shortcomings, God used them ultimately to
bring David to the throne.
God delights in accomplishing His will through those the world considers unfit. He always has
been attracted to people who will make themselves available and let Him do the rest. He took a
schemer like Jacob and made him the father of Israel. He took an escaped fugitive like Moses and
made him a fearless liberator.
Therefore, it should come as no surprise that He was able to take a group of unlikely malcontents
and debtors and use them to establish a shepherd boy like David as king over Israel. Imagine
what He can do with you and me.
Are you ill-equipped for the task that God has called you to? Then rejoice, because that means
you have the primary qualification God is looking for. If you are willing to be used, God will do the
rest.
GOD CAN MAKE THE UNFIT FIT FOR HIS PLANS.