May 5th “Be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things.” (Joel.2:21).
The Scripture tells us that whatever is lost spiritually can be recovered. It may seem impossible, but by the help of God, by His grace and by his Word, there can be recovered.
That simple lesson is taught to us in the story in 2 Kings 6:1-7 about the young prophets. Those young men were studying with Elisha and they found the place too small for them. They wanted a larger house, and for this they needed wood. They had to go beyond Jordan to cut the wood; so they all got together and went there, and even though they were young men, and the sons of prophets, they had some wisdom, and took with them Elisha (Verse 3). Young people today think they know so much more than their elders. So the young people question why they should go to such old men and women with their personal problems.
These young men however had understanding, and showed it by their request for Elisha to go with them. While they were there felling the wood, one young man lost his axe head, which fell into the water (verse 5). That axe did not belong to him but he wanted to return it. Being a wise young man, however, he went to Elisha, an old man, rather than to the young men (verse6).
He said ‘Alas, my Master, due to my negligence, I have lost the axe head. I want to return it, for it was borrowed. Tell me, my Master, what I should do?’ Elisha said, ‘Show me the place where the axe fell.’ So the young man pointed it out, and Elisha cut down a branch of the tree and dropped it into the water. Immediately the axe began to swim. It is a simple story, but full of deep meaning, to teach us how every spiritual loss can be recovered.
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