Report by Mudasir Opeyemi
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday narrated how he came from a very poor background.
In his Christmas message to his congregation, Adeboye recalled that while growing up, his parents were so poor that he had no shoes for the first 18 years of his life.
The revered cleric spoke during a sermon on Sunday themed ‘Perfect Gift’, aired live on his Facebook page.
Speaking about how things would change for the better for people who have accepted Christ, the great Mathematician used himself as an example. He illustrated how God can change the poor into the rich,the unknown into the known
“Way back to 1969, I was a lecturer in the University of Lagos. A little problem came into my life, the problem that all my mathematics couldn’t solve and then somebody offered me, Jesus. I thank God today that my head didn’t refuse something good. So,I accepted Jesus to the amazement of all my friends and everything in my life began to change for the better.
“Some of you who knew a little bit about my background, you will know that when they say something is from a rocky start, that means he started in serious poverty. My own rocky background was rock among rocks. My father was so poor, that poor people called him poor.
The elders have a saying, They say if there is hardship in the life of the husband, and hardship in the life of the wife, the hardship will rub off on the children.
“The hardships rubbed off on me. For the first 18 years of my life, I had no pair of shoes.My father was so poor,the day he bought an umbrella, we were rejoicing.
“That is how things were and then I received Jesus Christ. Then things began to change, look at me today. Look at what Jesus can do,he can change the poor to the rich, he can change the unknown to the known.
“My village some years ago was not on the map of Nigeria but today it’s on the map of the whole world,”Adeboye narrated