Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Apparently God Cares When We Don't Have an Ax to Grind!

Scripture passage that caught my attention today: 2 Kings 6:1-7 Now the company of prophets said to Elisha, “As you see, the place where we live under your charge is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live.” He answered, “Do so.” 3 Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” And he answered, “I will.” 4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, “Alas, master! It was borrowed.” 6 Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float. 7 He said, “Pick it up.” So he reached out his hand and took it.

Observation:
Just an odd little interesting story. Not quite sure what to make of it. Sometimes a ‘company of prophets’ is bad. Sometimes, perhaps in this case, it is good. And an odd little miracle too.

Application: When we think of miracles in the Bible we usually think of the big stuff—healings, parting of the sea, rain out of no-where, etc. Saving a borrowed ax head seems like a rather small miracle to take up space in Scripture. Yet here it is within the experiences of the ‘company’ of prophets.’ Among other things, perhaps this story can serve as a reminder that people of high and low estate alike still have mundane issues that concern them. Hence our own mundane issues may be worthy of consideration as well. We may or may not get a related miracle. But at least we can trust that our everyday experiences matter as well.

Prayer: Lord, thank again for another little story that helps us think in new ways about who we are and how much we matter in the midst of your kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

(Readings today included: 2 Kings 6-7, 2 Chronicles 20, 1 Timothy 3)

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