The axe head floats!

2 Kings 6

The men with Elisha were cutting down wood when one of them lost his axe head. He looked to Elisha for help, especially because the axe was borrowed. And when he had shown Elisha where it fell, Elisha cut down a stick and cast it into the place and the axe head did float so the man picked it up again.

It would be nice if you can actually imagine what happened here, a metal floating? How do you think a metal can 'travel' up from underneath the water and then stay at rest on top of the water? That is breaking every rule we know about gravity. If you drop a metal in water today, you would naturally expect it to stay under the water.

Also think about this, of what good is an axe without the axe head? Today we find ourselves holding on to remnants of what used to be whole, it could be a home, a relationship, a marriage, a business, health.. or anything at all. Maybe you have invested a lot of time or a huge part of your life in something, and all of a sudden you discover you have almost lost it all.

The God we serve is one that restores! I want to encourage you to throw a stick into that water today, and expect that God will restore unto you, all you have lost. That stick may be a sincere prayer, your faith or even a seed.

Jeremiah 30 verse 3 says "The days are coming, declares the Lord, where I will restore the fortunes of my people.."

Isaiah 61 verse 1 says "Instead of your shame, there shall be a double portion, instead of dishonour they shall rejoice in their lot, therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion, they shall have everlasting joy".

Jeremiah 30 verse 17 says "I will restore health to you, and your wound I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast".

Joel 2 verse 25 says "I will restore to you, the years that the locust has eaten ..."

David said in Psalm 71 verse 20 " Though you have made me see trouble, many and bitter, you will restore my life again, from the depths of the earth, you will again bring me up".

My prayer for you today, is in Ruth chapter 4 and verse 15, it says "He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age". If the axe head can float, then you can be sure you will get yours back.