THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT

Nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happens to everyone (Ecclesiastes 9 vs 11). In life, ironical things happen every day and this baffles us. 

Sometimes, it is not the person who has first class degree that gets the job, nor the most beautiful woman that wins the pageant. It just happens that people are lucky at different times.

The most beautiful woman in the pageant might have the least confidence and the one who ends up winning might have no parents. Whatever opportunity you get in life, make the best use of it because a lot of people more qualified than you desired that position but you were chosen instead. A man who worked hard in school may have a great degree and still be jobless for a long time while a man who never attended school will play a lottery and win millions of dollars.

There are times when shocking things happened in the bible like that of David and Goliath. David was not the most skilled warrior nor among King Saul's army, but he ended up defeating Goliath with a sling and a stone. There were men there who had trained for years in King Saul's army but couldn't face Goliath. 

There may be an urgency for a job in a place and all the qualified ones are busy making excuses but an average skilled man who is willing to offer help will do that job and even be made the manager in charge of all others who are actually more skilled than him. A rich man who disguised himself and wants to marry may eventually marry a maid because the queens felt too proud for him. 

God can place you in a position you actually didn't qualify for, and He can make you qualified just to prove to the world that He uses people that other people don't expect, to do great things. In a race, the fastest runner who everyone thought would end up winning could fall a few meters to the finish line while the one at the last takes the lead and wins the race. Expect the unexpected. Time and chance happen to everyone on earth. Bad luck also happens to everyone. Make the best use of every opportunity you have in this life.