God uses all sorts of people to do his work – – like you and me!
| Person | Known as | Task | Reference |
| JACOB | A deceiver | To “father” the Israelite nation | Genesis 27 |
| JOSEPH | A slave | To save his family | Genesis 39ff |
| MOSES | Shepherd in exile (and murderer) | To lead Israel out of bondage to the promised land | Exodus 3 |
| GIDEON | A farmer | To deliver Israel from Midian | Judges 6:11 |
| JEPHTHAH | Son of a prostitute | To deliver Israel from the Ammonites | Judges 11:1 |
| HANNAH | A housewife | To be the mother of Samuel | 1 Samuel 1 |
| DAVID | A shepherd boy and last-born of the family | To be Israel’s greatest king | 1 Samuel 16 |
| EZRA | A scribe | To lead the return to Judah and to write some of the Bible | Ezra, Nehemiah |
| ESTHER | A slave girl | To save her people from massacre | Esther |
| MARY | A peasant girl | To be the mother of Christ | Luke 1:27-38 |
| MATTHEW | A tax collector | To be an apostle and Gospel writer | Matthew 9:9 |
| LUKE | A Greek physician | To be a companion of Paul and a Gospel writer | Colossians 4:14 |
| PETER | A fisherman | To be an apostle, a leader of the early church, and a writer of two New Testament letters | Matthew 4:18-20 |
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