And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. (2 Kings 6:6)
Elisha and the prophets were building a bigger meeting house. One of the workers had borrowed an axe, and in the midst of the work, lost the axe head in the water. Elisha asked him to point out where he had lost it, and tossed a stick into the water at that precise spot, and the axe head floated up and was retrieved.
An interesting miracle from the Old Testament, and also an important lesson for all of us.
Have you lost something in your relationship with God? How's your joy? Is it what it once was? How's your zeal to share your faith with others? How's your interest in the Word of God, or the worship of God? How's your love for your brothers and sisters?
The lesson of the axe head is that when we lose something in our walk with God, the first step in reclaiming it is to go back where we lost it - back to the very place where it sunk beneath the water, and get it back. If you are wondering what happened to your walk with God - if it is just not what it used to be, will you go back to the place where it was? Go back, and get it back.
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