The Dark Horses

   Who are the dark horses? Webster’s dictionary defines the term “Dark Horse” as: 1. an unexpected winner in a horse race, thought beforehand to have very little chance. 2. An almost unknown contestant regarded by few as a likely winner.

   I’d never heard this meaning until my sister told me about it after she’d listened to the Switchfoot song “Dark Horses”. I really liked the song yet at the end there was one whispered line that stuck out to me, “…stand up for the dark horses…”
   Recently I stumbled across some verses in 1 Corinthians that encouraged me deeply when I think of the forgotten in this world.

²⁶ For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. ²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; ²⁸ and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

1 Corinthians 1:26-28

   God has chosen these things. The foolish, weak, base things, despised, and the things which are not. 

He has chosen these. Orphans fall under this category fairly easily, but are we willing to fall under this category? For if we are not willing to be foolish we will be put to shame. If we are not willing to be weak we will be put to shame. If we are not willing to be the base and despised things than God has not chosen us. And if we are not willing to be not then we will be brought to nothing. 

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3

   We too are the things God has chosen if we are willing to identify ourselves as we truly are. He has chosen to spread His Gospel through us, one life at a time. Are we willing to "...stand up for the dark horses..." by allowing ourselves becoming one? When we are willing to throw away the worlds standards from our life, then we too become an unexpected winner in this race. Orphans don't need a popular flashy hero... they need a Dark Horse.