As Moses looked back, it must have struck him how unlikely this all had been, and the only explanation could be that it was all in God's hands all along. As we move through scripture, the message is hammered home again and again. Many who are first will be last, and the last will be first. The greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. The Savior of the world comes as a humble infant.
History is equally clear.
Unlikely heroes arise. They quickly pop to mind. A poor boy raised in a log cabin and educated by the light of his fire becomes President and saves his nation from splintering. The inventor of the light bulb and the electrical system which made it generally available, plus a practical telephone, the phonograph, the dictaphone, motion pictures, the storage battery, along with improvements in uncounted other materials and processes, the holder of almost 1100 patents, Thomas Edison, only had three months of formal education before his teacher decided the he was retarded and could not manage the life of the mind. A black preacher's son who became a preacher himself changed the racial face of this nation - not a military leader or powerful politician, a preacher.