Judging from the Bible, God can call almost anybody to a task. We understand why he might call an Isaiah. This prophet was educated and perhaps connected to Judah’s royal house.

Of course, God also called Amos to be a prophet. Amos was a laborer, working with fig trees.

Then there was Abraham, too old, one would think. Or Jeremiah, who supposed himself too young.

Jesus called rough fishermen and the scholarly Saul/Paul. He called Deborah and Anna, women in an age which tended to relegate the important work to men.

God called people who didn’t want to be called, like Jonah. He called Hosea, who had married a prostitute.

The important thing is that they obeyed God’s call (even after first running away, in Jonah’s case.)