But occasionally as I read the bible there are plenty of times when I find Him strikingly predictable. Throughout both the Old and the New Testaments we find repeated methods that God uses to do His work. For instance, the theme that the last shall be first as found in the story of Esau and Jacob [Genesis 25:23] and as our Lord taught His disciples [Matthew 19:30 and 20:16].
There are quite a few stories of how God is found in the desert and in the isolated places as in the case of Moses on Sinai. The numbers 7, 12 and 40 appear again and again. When an elderly couple with no children shows up in scripture, you can be certain that a miracle is on the way and a new child is soon to be born and that child is meant for something special in God's plan for our salvation.
Consider the birth of John the Baptist, the son of the childless and elderly Zechariah and Elizabeth [Luke 1:57-66]. John came to foretell the coming of the Messiah and like Isaac [Genesis 21: 1-7], Samuel [1Samuel 1: 1-28], and Jacob [Genesis 25: 19-26] he came from a barren mother. God uses these women, even in their later years to give birth to those He needs to do His work.
My point is that anyone can and will be used by God if He sees the need. None of us are too old, too young, too poor, too rich or in any way exempt from this. The common theme throughout the Bible (and the entire history of Salvation) however, is that those who have been called to do His work were open to His word and followed where He led. It is no different for us. If we are open to Him, we may be surprised in what He asks us to do.
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