Poor Matthias

Consider poor Matthias (“gift of Yahweh”), selected at random to fill a vacant seat among the twelve.    Never mind that he had been with Jesus since his baptism by John until the ascension.  Forget that he'd been among the 70 sent out by Jesus to preach the gospel and to cure the sick and to cast out demons.  His skills, his abilities, his talents were of no account.  Only the random drawing of lots.  He’s chosen merely to be a place holder among the twelve.

And we never hear from him again.
(Acts 1:12 -26)