An axe-head floats
6 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, ‘Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.’
And he said, ‘Go.’ 2 Kings 6
Elisha did have fellowship with ‘the company of prophets’ and it happened regularly because they’d outgrown the place where they met. It’s noteworthy that it was the prophets who wanted to expand the meeting place. They were obviously being blessed by their gatherings together. Are we coming to a time today when the Church is going to begin to expand dramatically? I believe the answer is yes!
The Jordan River is the lowest place on earth and it’s dry and hot down there, but that was where they decided to build the new prophetic meeting centre. They worked together on the task, but then disaster struck one man. We aren’t told whether the enemy was opposing the work or if it was simply an accident, but it hindered the work and upset the person involved.
4 And he went with them.
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe-head fell into the water. ‘Oh no, my lord!’ he cried out. ‘It was borrowed!’ 2 Kings 6
Perhaps Elisha had gone with them for this very reason but the prophet did a miracle which enabled the man to retrieve the borrowed axe-head.
6 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. 7 ‘Lift it out,’ he said. THEN THE MAN REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND TOOK IT.
Elisha reversed the laws of nature and made the metal come to the surface and float on top of water. Then the man reached out his hand and took it. Elisha retrieved the situation and the man was no longer upset. My question today is does God want to help you retrieve something in your life that is lost? We are called to rule and reign over adverse events in Christ. Seek God today for the reversal of adverse events and watch for His answers to come in unexpected ways.
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and CALLS THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. Romans 4 KJV
This is a day when the Kingdom is advancing on earth and God is moving powerfully on behalf of His people. He can reverse disappointment as we stand in faith before Him. Amen
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.