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Themes: Redemption K.B. Moses and Susan Carver had been anxiously waiting word on what had happened to the kidnapped mother and her baby. Mary, and her infant son had been stolen away from their slave owners and no one seemed to care except Moses and Susan who had befriended Mary over the years. The Civil War was about to end and no one had time to worry about a stolen slave and her sickly baby let alone money to pay the kidnappers.
Moses and Susan had always wanted a family and Mary and her six week old son had almost become that to this kind couple. In fact, Moses had offered part of his property and his racehorse to the kidnappers if they would just return Mary and her son Jim. Moses had hired the help of a man who said he thought he knew who the kidnappers were. This man offered to take Moses' proposal to the kidnappers and see if they would be willing to exchange the two slaves for the horse and the property.
Just as Moses and Susan were preparing for bed that night they heard a knock on the door. The man whom they had hired had returned with the news that he was too late to save Mary. She had already been sold away. "What about baby Jim?" asked Susan. "He's another story ma'am" the man said. "He is so sickly that no one wanted him, so I offered the men your racehorse for him instead."
When Moses heard this he wasn't so happy. Why should he give up a perfectly good racehorse for a sickly boy who seemed about to die. Susan, however, was overjoyed and pleaded with her husband promising him that she would raise the baby herself. Finally, Moses gave in, and gave the man his racehorse in exchange for the baby.
The baby in this story was no ordinary baby. In fact he became one of the greatest scientists of all time. His adoptive parents changed his name from Jim to George Washington Carver who among other things developed over 300 uses for the peanut, including soap and ink. Like George, Samuel in the previous Bible lesson was raised by someone other than his parents. God was able to use Samuel to do great things for both God and his country because he was obedient to his Lord.
But before God can use anyone, he must be born again (John 3:7). Moses paid a price to make baby Jim his own and to change his name to George. Upon Calvary, God paid an even greater price to make you His own and to change you. Have you as yet accepted His offer of salvation?
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