₦Sermon 29
RESTORING THE LOST AXE’S EDGE
“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 King 6:6 KJV
Text: 2 kings 6:1-7
The group of prophets of Elisha cutting trees with axes for the new building, a photo designed by the Service of Review and Herald, Goodsalt.
_When someone loses something, it may be so challenging for one to regain it again but with God, everything is possible. I dredge up a time when I was a teenager. My mother sent me on an errand to buy something in the market. And when I was going, I saw N50 on the road and then picked it up and returned home joyfully that I have got money. I then went back to the market to buy the things my mother asked me to buy and when I came back with happiness to have my money back from my mother, she said the owner was crying and searching for it and she handed it over to her. At the same time, the mother of the lady who lost the money came to thank me and my mother and she said, it was a borrowed money and they did not have anything to eat!
The story of Elisha and his group of prophets typifies Jesus and his disciples who worked co-operatively for the Kingdom of God. The Elisha’s group of prophets had the zeal and interest to build a new gigantic house that would accommodate them since the old one they congregated in could no longer contain them. They did suggest to their master to go to Jordan River to cut some logs for the building of new temple. It seems, probably that the group of prophets were poor to buy cedars or demand them from the King just like what Solomon did to King Hiram of Tyre —2 Chronicles 2:3.
The suggestion was made before Elisha and his presence was highly needed. He followed them to the Jordan and cutting of trees began during which one of the prophets lost his axe’s head. His axe’s edge fell into the river. He cried bitterly in a loud voice: “Oh, sir! It was a borrowed axe!”
When Christians gather to work for their God, the devil always comes to disrupt it. The prophet that lost the axes’ head seems to be the most wretched man among the group of prophets. Apparently, nobody would have known that the axe was borrowed if not the devil that caused the head to fall into River and God allowed it to happen for a purpose to receive glory from it which intimates us that when we work for God with all our heart, we should always expect the problems that would supervene or occur and the manifestation of God’s power over such ugly tendencies,
The prophet turning to Elisha by crying: “Oh sir! It was a borrowed axe” testifies to the best of our knowledge that God works through Elisha. Elisha restored the lost axe’s head to him – consider the following points:
For us to get back what we have lost – we must have devoted our time and energy in working for God with one mind. Such devotion to God calls for faith and any problems on the way, God is so faithful and he will deliver us.
It’s conspicuous that some people borrow money or some other things for the sake of the kingdom of God; you have lost money to some certain hoodlums or criminals; you might have lost your job, properties, house, children, husband, business or anything, believe me that God will restore them for you as he says —for I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past” Jer. 33:11, 30:3.
Also, we should always cry to God for help when there is misfortune because if that prophet kept his mouth shut without crying to Elisha the man of God he would have served the man that lent him the axe for several years before he would redeem himself because he had no money to replace it with a new one. “The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender”— Proverbs 22:7. For the fact that the prophet loves God and is enthusiastic to serve Him, God comforted him by restoring the lost axe’s edge that fell into River through Elisha. God says: I will rescue those who love me. I will be with them in trouble – psalm 91: 14-15.
May God see us through this year and restore our fortunes.
————Meditation Point——————————
God restore to me what Satan has taken away from me as you restored the axe’s edge.
RESTORING THE LOST AXE’S EDGE
“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 King 6:6 KJV
Text: 2 kings 6:1-7
The group of prophets of Elisha cutting trees with axes for the new building, a photo designed by the Service of Review and Herald, Goodsalt.
_When someone loses something, it may be so challenging for one to regain it again but with God, everything is possible. I dredge up a time when I was a teenager. My mother sent me on an errand to buy something in the market. And when I was going, I saw N50 on the road and then picked it up and returned home joyfully that I have got money. I then went back to the market to buy the things my mother asked me to buy and when I came back with happiness to have my money back from my mother, she said the owner was crying and searching for it and she handed it over to her. At the same time, the mother of the lady who lost the money came to thank me and my mother and she said, it was a borrowed money and they did not have anything to eat!
The story of Elisha and his group of prophets typifies Jesus and his disciples who worked co-operatively for the Kingdom of God. The Elisha’s group of prophets had the zeal and interest to build a new gigantic house that would accommodate them since the old one they congregated in could no longer contain them. They did suggest to their master to go to Jordan River to cut some logs for the building of new temple. It seems, probably that the group of prophets were poor to buy cedars or demand them from the King just like what Solomon did to King Hiram of Tyre —2 Chronicles 2:3.
The suggestion was made before Elisha and his presence was highly needed. He followed them to the Jordan and cutting of trees began during which one of the prophets lost his axe’s head. His axe’s edge fell into the river. He cried bitterly in a loud voice: “Oh, sir! It was a borrowed axe!”
When Christians gather to work for their God, the devil always comes to disrupt it. The prophet that lost the axes’ head seems to be the most wretched man among the group of prophets. Apparently, nobody would have known that the axe was borrowed if not the devil that caused the head to fall into River and God allowed it to happen for a purpose to receive glory from it which intimates us that when we work for God with all our heart, we should always expect the problems that would supervene or occur and the manifestation of God’s power over such ugly tendencies,
The prophet turning to Elisha by crying: “Oh sir! It was a borrowed axe” testifies to the best of our knowledge that God works through Elisha. Elisha restored the lost axe’s head to him – consider the following points:
For us to get back what we have lost – we must have devoted our time and energy in working for God with one mind. Such devotion to God calls for faith and any problems on the way, God is so faithful and he will deliver us.
It’s conspicuous that some people borrow money or some other things for the sake of the kingdom of God; you have lost money to some certain hoodlums or criminals; you might have lost your job, properties, house, children, husband, business or anything, believe me that God will restore them for you as he says —for I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past” Jer. 33:11, 30:3.
Also, we should always cry to God for help when there is misfortune because if that prophet kept his mouth shut without crying to Elisha the man of God he would have served the man that lent him the axe for several years before he would redeem himself because he had no money to replace it with a new one. “The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender”— Proverbs 22:7. For the fact that the prophet loves God and is enthusiastic to serve Him, God comforted him by restoring the lost axe’s edge that fell into River through Elisha. God says: I will rescue those who love me. I will be with them in trouble – psalm 91: 14-15.
May God see us through this year and restore our fortunes.
————Meditation Point——————————
God restore to me what Satan has taken away from me as you restored the axe’s edge.
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