I have always rooted for the “underdog.” Believe me, this has nothing to do with the recent election; it has to do with life.
I believe the dictionary defines an underdog as “a person or a team that is expected to lose.” I love to watch the movies where the losing team comes back and, despite the odds, they win the championship. And not just in the movies, I have seen it in real life, when the loser becomes the winner. God has a way of doing that.
We know that God love everybody and his love is unconditional, but I believe God enjoys doing great things for people that the world looks at as losers. And I feel that way because of the underdogs mentioned in the Bible, those he lifted up out of the pit of miry clay, dusted them off and placed them on solid rock.
Just think about King David, (1 Samuel:16) one of the most talked about men in the Bible but an underdog as a child. Remember when God sent the prophet Samuel to anoint a king for Israel, he was sent to a man named Jesse, who had several boys. Jesse proudly marched each of his boys before the old prophet, but none fit the bill. Samuel asked “are there anymore?” Jesse said there was one more, David, out in the field, watching the sheep. When David was called in, Samuel said, “This is the one.”
Now think for a moment, being anointed king was a great thing, but if David had turned in his resumé to be king, trying to get the job himself, his qualifications would have read something: “Watched sheep.” But God saw David’s heart, and he became king.