The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there and made the iron float.
2 Kings 6:6 NIV
Elisha performs a miracle. A borrowed iron axe head, probably stuck in the muddy bottom, floats to the surface of the water after a stick is thrown in at that spot.
Elisha by his prayerfulness, courage, faith, example, and his miracles encouraged the remnant in Israel of God's presence, power and attention.
In our lives, we too get stuck in mud. Of course, most times the mud we find ourselves stuck in is a result of our sinful nature and not because we trod in a swamp, river or lake. We, as Christians, finding our way out of the mud is not by our own effort, but rather by a miracle of the Spirit working on us in our lives. The Spirit is a gift from God, from Jesus who died for our sin and who wipes the mud off of us by his death and resurrection.
A lost, borrowed axehead is found today by a miracle. Our lost, borrowed lives are found the day we accept Christ's work.
Help someone find their eternal life, tell the story of what Christ has done for you.
What axe heads do you have stuck in the mud?
How do you plan on finding those axe heads?
How are you being an example to others?
Pray for the preparation by ministers and of our hearts and minds for the message to be clearly presented, received and adopted into our lives.
In Christ,
David P
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