Yet this is what makes the story so exciting. God’s choice is perfect. Those he has chosen to do kingdom work are the perfect ones to do it. And yet, they are always flawed individuals. Losers. This pattern, consistent throughout Scripture, is a remarkable testament to God’s creativity and grace: he chooses ordinary, broken humans to introduce his mercy and love to an ordinary, broken world. Now it begins to make sense to me. If God had used “winners”—the most beautiful, wealthy, successful, and