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THE GREAT BIBLE CHARACTERS WHO WERE ORPHANS AND WITH POOR BEGINNING

There are great Bible characters who achieved much for God, whose beginnings were too poor and who were orphans, abandoned babies rejected children or adopted children in their days through whom God accomplished great goals and wonders. There are great potentials in every abandoned child, in every orphan and in every rejected child if there shall be a nearby developer and builder to equip, build and to develop them in order to become whom God created them to become and to produce what God planted them to produce. We have many people from the Bible history who came from nowhere to somewhere. People like the underlisted heroes.

1. Lot – The orphan who lived with his uncle
2. Jacob – The wander who was rescued by his uncle
3. Joseph – The rejected son of Jacob
4. Moses – The abandoned baby
5. Obed – The adopted son of Naomi
6. Esther – The orphan who became the queen
7. Jephta – The rejected war commander

 

A thorough consideration of these heroes shall motivate us to see the needs to care and to sponsor the orphans, the rejected children and other children with painful and sad stories or those with poor beginnings and unknown family backgrounds. Our review to these people shall breed tears from the faithful believers in Christ.

 

1. LOT THE ORPHAN

Lot was the son of Abraham’s brother who died when his son lot was a baby. It was evidently clear also that his wife, the mother of lot also died very early. Lot was a misfortune child like many other orphans in our days. There were great potentials and untapped resources in Lot that would have lavished if no attention was given to him. Abraham was the uncle of Lot who picked up Lot trained him, cared for him, catered for him and finally brought out the hidden riches in Lot. The Bible says, Lot was very rich in oxen, in cattle, in sheep and in many areas of land. He was too great, too prosperous and too famous. Without the attention of Abraham, such great riches and potentials in Lot would have been lavished and benefited no body, but Abraham’s effort made all in Lot to manifest. This is also applicable to the orphans in our days.

 

    2. JACOB THE HANDERER

Jacob the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the younger brother of Esau the son of Isaac and Rebecca left home for security and safety purposes because of the coming destructive attack of his brother Esau who has vowed to kill him because of his birth right that was obtained by Jacob his younger brother.

Jacob left home and became wanderer until he came across his uncle Leban who also took him trained him, housed him, catered for him, cared for him and finally equipped him. The Bible recorded that Jacob was too wealthy, too great, too powerful, too progressive and too rich in cattle, in oxen, in silver, in sheep and too great in wisdom. All these potentials were hidden in Jacob waiting for a developer before Leban developed him. It was Leban that built and developed Jacob greatly. Jacob was the father of the twelve sons who were the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob is still alive today as long as Israel exists. This is also applicable to our days where many houseless thousands with great potentials are neglected. Let us join hands together to help our wandering and houseless  friends to be occupied and to be alive also, in order to bring out grate potentials planted in them by God even before they were born on earth.

    3. JOSEPH, THE REJECTED SON OF JACOB

Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob and Rachel was hated by the ten elder ones because of his vision. He was thrown into the pit and later sold to the Ishmaelite, from there to the land of Egypt into the house of Potifer where he was bitterly accused of severe attempt to rape his mistress under such accusation was thrown into prison, from where His potentials was made to manifest and became blessing to other prisoners, but when God’s appointed time came, he was lifted up, brought out of the prison to the sit of the Egyptian prime minister. Did his brothers who sold him know he was a prime minister when they were altogether at home?

Without doubt, the great potential in Joseph were developed while he was in the house of Potifer, irrespective of his wife’s evil plan against Joseph. Joseph was the most influential leader and the most famous authority in Egypt during his days. Man needs helpers to make him great and potentially rich. Who could have been the Joseph of Egypt if after he was sold, totally missed? Many people in our nation who are sold into slavery and bond servants are greatly rich waiting for developers and helpers, you can contribute to build them today.

    4. MOSES, THE ABANDONED CHILD

Moses was an abandoned child who was born in Egypt when there was a decree to kill all male babies born to the Hebrews in the land of Egypt. This exercise was carried out immediately in the land of Egypt, while male babies born to the Hebrews were being killed the mother of Moses took the baby to the private river side prepared for the princess of the land of Egypt. The abandoned child was dropped there day and night with a little girl called Miriam watching the outcome of the child who also was her younger brother of the same parents. It was so till when the princess the daughter of Pharaoh wanted to take her bath saw the abandoned child crying and picked him up and took him to herself and immediately adopted him as her own son, catered for him, fed him, housed him, owned him, trained him and properly equipped him as a great Egyptian who shall one day become king or nearer to the throne of Egypt. Moses was trained in ancient Egyptian college of indoctrination forty (40) years training for general leadership from Jethro (Rauel) who later became his father in-law. Moses, the abandoned child was the first prophet, first leader, first preacher, first teacher, first war leader, first intercessor, first evangelist, first pastor, first shepherd, first law giver, first seer, first pastor, first God representative and first man of God in Israel. What if Moses was killed or not picked up by Pharaoh’s daughter? Who would have done all these. He was the only man that saw and heard God spoke face to face. There are many great potentials among the abandoned babies and children today, lets join hands to develop one and to build them to be more useful to others and to our God also.

     5. OBED, THE ADOPTED SON OF NAOMI

Obed was the adopted son of Naomi, born by Ruth the Moabitess who was the daughter in-law of Noami who followed her to the land of Israel and later became legal wife of Boaz through whom the child Obed was born by Ruth but adopted by Naomi, who nursed, housed him, cared for him, catered for him, fed him and finally mothered him with all motherhood benefits. Obed, the son of Boaz, was the father of Jesse, the father of David the best and the greatest king in Israel. Who knew that Ruth was carrying such great potential in her and who knew that the baby of Naomi shall be the grandfather of the greatest king in the ancient Palestinian world? Unless man cares, the potential shall die with the possessors.

    6. ESTHER, AN ORPHAN THAT BECAME THE QUEEN

Esther was a Jewish orphan who was brought up by her uncle Mordecai who also was among the victims of Babylonian and Persian captivities. She had no parents and perhaps did not know any of them, hence Mordecai took her at her childhood. It might be partially believed that her parents might be victims of such wars and other hostile attacks. Esther was an orphan and suffered all abuses, pains and problems that are very common to other orphans. She was brought up by her uncle Mordecai who trained and groomed her to the youthful level before her marriage with the king. Esther was later married to the king of Persia and became the first Jewish lady to marry the king in the strange land. Her name was everywhere and her influence was too great in those days. She became the mother, shelter and the preserver of the lives of her people in the strange land. She was the first orphan in the history of Israel to become the queen. Who knew that Esther an orphan had such potential to become the queen in the land of Persia? There are many orphans around us, lets join hands together to build and to help them to survive in order to use their potentials to help our nation.

     7. JEPHTA, THE REJECTED WAR COMMANDER

Jephta was a rejected and ejected son who was born by a harlot. His rights were denied and his inheritance seized, while he left the compound without cash, without money, without property and without any benefit from his father’s house. They never see the great potentials in Jephta, who flee to his maternal home and was trained by his mother’s relations. He became great powerful and very famous in the land. When the enemies attacked his father’s land, there was no other person to deliver God’s people, thus they remembered that Jephta is the only savior at hand. It was this Jephta that delivered his people and defeated their enemies and brought victory to Israel. He was among the judges in Israel. We still have rejected people around us today, let us find ways to help these people in order to make them more useful in our days.